Text:Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
Author:St Ambrose (c. 340--397)
Translator:John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Tune:PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Adapter (melody):Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Harmonizer:George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934)

32. Come, thou Redeemer of the earth

1 Come, thou Redeemer of the earth,
and manifest thy virgin-birth:
let every age adoring fall;
such birth befits the God of all.

2 Begotten of no human will,
but of the Spirit, thou art still
the Word of God, in flesh arrayed,
the Saviour, now to us displayed.

3 From God the Father he proceeds,
to God the Father back he speeds,
runs out his course to death and hell,
returns on God's high throne to dwell.

4 O equal to thy Father, thou!
Gird on thy fleshly mantle now,
the weakness of our mortal state
with deathless might invigorate.

5 Thy cradle here shall glitter bright,
and darkness glow with new-born light,
no more shall night extinguish day,
where love's bright beams their power display.

6 O Jesu, virgin-born, to thee
eternal praise and glory be,
whom with the Father we adore
and Holy Spirit, evermore. Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
Translator: John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Author: St Ambrose (c. 340--397)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ;
Topic: Adoration; Advent; Church Year: Advent (6 more...)
Notes: and others
Tune Information
Name: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Adapter (melody): Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Harmonizer: George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934)
Meter: LM
Key: D Major



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