1. Once He came in blessing,
   All our ills redressing;
   Came in likeness lowly,
   Son of God most holy;
   Bore the cross to save us,
   Hope and freedom gave us.

2. Still He comes within us,
   Still His voice would win us
   From the sins that hurt us;
   Would to Truth convert us
   From our foolish errors
   Ere He comes in terrors.

3. Thus, if thou hast known Him,
   Not ashamed to own Him,
   But wilt trust Him boldly
   Nor dost love Him coldly,
   He will then receive thee,
   Heal thee, and forgive thee.

4. This the Lord doth offer
   In the holy Supper,
   His own self bestowing
   And His love thus showing,
   That we may be nourished,
   Consciences encouraged.

5. Those who, thus sustainèd,
   Steadfast have remainèd,
   And through faith unceasing
   Unto God are pleasing,
   They with joyous rapture
   Hence shall make departure.

6. Yea, for swift impending
   Comes our life’s last ending,
   When He will from evil
   Save our souls most feeble
   And shall lead the faithful
   To the choirs of angels.

7. Thence He’ll come, returning
   As He gave us warning,
   When the dead shall waken,
   From the earth be taken,
   At His feet adore Him,
   There to stand before Him.

8. And, when He has tried them,
   Then shall He divide them,
   Some to joy uplifted,
   Cast to hell the wicked,
   Where they must forever
   Rue their ill behavior.

9. Come, then, O Lord Jesus,
   From our sins release us,
   That by Thy great power
   We be kept each hour,
   Unto death confess Thee,
   And forever bless Thee.

Gottes Sohn ist kommen
Johann Horn, 1544, cento
Tr. composite
Source: Sts. 1–3, 9a The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, No. 74
St. 4–8, 9b Christopher J. Neuendorf, 2018