Salvation Unto Us Is Come

Representative Text

1 Salvation unto us has come
by God’s free grace and favor;
good works cannot avert our doom,
they help and save us never.
Faith looks to Jesus Christ alone,
who did for all the world atone;
he is our one Redeemer.

2 What God did in his law demand
and none to him could render
caused wrath and woe on ev'ry hand
for man, the vile offender.
Our flesh has not the pure desires
the spirit of the law requires,
and lost is our condition.

3 It was a false, misleading dream
that God his law had given
that sinners could themselves redeem
and by their works gain heaven.
The law is but a mirror bright
to bring the inbred sin to light
that lurks within our nature.

4 From sin our flesh could not abstain,
sin held its sway unceasing;
the task was hopeless and in vain,
our guilt was e’er increasing.
None can remove sin’s poisoned dart
or purify our guileful heart,
so deep is our corruption.

5 Yet as the law must be fulfilled
or we must die despairing,
Christ came and has God’s anger stilled,
our human nature sharing.
He has for us the law obeyed
and thus the Father’s vengeance stayed
which over us impended.

6 Since Christ has full atonement made
and brought to us salvation,
each Christian therefore may be glad
and build on this foundation.
Your grace alone, dear Lord, I plead
your death is now my life indeed,
for you have paid my ransom.

7 Let me not doubt, but truly see
your Word cannot be broken;
your call rings out, "Come unto me!"
No falsehood have you spoken.
Baptized into your precious name,
my faith cannot be put to shame,
and I shall never perish.

8 The law reveals the guilt of sin
and makes us conscience-stricken;
but then the gospel enters in
the sinful soul to quicken.
Come to the cross, trust Christ, and live;
the law no peace can ever give,
no comfort and no blessing.

9 Faith clings to Jesus' cross alone
and rests in him unceasing;
and by its fruits true faith is known,
with love and hope increasing.
For faith alone can justify;
works serve our neighbor and supply
the proof that faith is living.

10 All blessing, honor, thanks, and praise
to Father, Son, and Spirit,
the God who saved us by his grace;
all glory to his merit!
O triune God in heav’n above,
you have revealed your saving love,
your blessèd name be hallowed!

Source: Christian Worship: Hymnal #558

Translator: J. T. Mueller

(no biographical information available about J. T. Mueller.) Go to person page >

Author: Paulus Speratus

Speratus, Paulus, D.D., was born in Swabia, Dec. 13, 1484. In a poem, written circa 1516, on Dr. J. Eck, he calls himself Elephangius, i.e. of Ellwangen; and in his correspondence, preserved at Königsberg, he often styles himself "a Rutilis" or "von Rötlen." These facts would seem to indicate that he was born at the castle of Röthlen, near Ellwangen. This property belonged to the Probst of the ecclesiastical corporation at Ellwangen, and Speratus's father was probably their bailiff or agent. The family name seems to have been Hoffer or Offer, and to have been in later years, following a practice common in the 16th cent., Latinized by himself into Speratus. He is probably the "Paul Offer de Ellwangen," who matri¬culated at the Universit… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Salvation unto us has come
Title: Salvation Unto Us Is Come
German Title: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Author: Paulus Speratus
Translator: J. T. Mueller
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7
Source: Tr. composite
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #5887
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)
TextPage Scan

Christian Worship (1993) #390

TextPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #227

Audio

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #590

Text

Lutheran Worship #355

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5887

Text

Together in Song #195

Ambassador Hymnal #410

TextPage Scan

Lutheran Service Book #555

TextPage Scan

Christian Worship #558

TextPage Scan

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #430

Include 10 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us