Come, thou Savior of our race

Author: Martin Luther

Luther, Martin, born at Eisleben, Nov. 10, 1483; entered the University of Erfurt, 1501 (B.A. 1502, M.A.. 1503); became an Augustinian monk, 1505; ordained priest, 1507; appointed Professor at the University of Wittenberg, 1508, and in 1512 D.D.; published his 95 Theses, 1517; and burnt the Papal Bull which had condemned them, 1520; attended the Diet of Worms, 1521; translated the Bible into German, 1521-34; and died at Eisleben, Feb. 18, 1546. The details of his life and of his work as a reformer are accessible to English readers in a great variety of forms. Luther had a huge influence on German hymnody. i. Hymn Books. 1. Ellich cristlich lider Lobgesang un Psalm. Wittenberg, 1524. [Hamburg Library.] This contains 8 German h… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Come, thou Savior of our race
Author: Martin Luther

Tune

HENDON

HENDON was composed by Henri A. Cesar Malan (b. Geneva, Switzerland, 1787; d. Vandoeuvres, Switzerland, 1864) and included in a series of his own hymn texts and tunes that he began to publish in France in 1823, and which ultimately became his great hymnal Chants de Sion (1841). HENDON is thought to…

Go to tune page >


Timeline

Instances

Instances (17)TextImageAudioScore
Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #118Image
Hymnal: for churches and Sunday-schools of the Augustana Synod #10Image
Hymns for Sunday Schools #234Image
Hymns for the use of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, by the Authority of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania #121Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (4th ed. 3rd rev. ed.) #776Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (60th ed., 1st rev. ed.) #776Image
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d133
School and Parish Hymnal: with tunes #47Image
Soendagsskol-Bok, innehallande, Liturgi, Laesordning, och Sanger #d26
The Book of Worship #97Image
The Church and Sunday-School Hymnal #65Image
The Concordia Hymnal. Rev. #d61
The Evangelical Hymnal. Text ed. #d66
The Hymnal and Order of Service #d94
The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d95
The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d96
The Lutheran Hymnary: Published by authority of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the Hauge's Evangelical Lutheran Synod and United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America #d84