 The hymn first appeared in print in a 1626 collection of Dutch folk and patriotic songs, "Nederlandtsche Gedenck-Clanck" by Adriaen Valerius.In anglophone hymnology, the tune is known as "Kremser", from Eduard Kremser's 1877 score arrangement and lyric translation of Wilt Heden Nu Treden into Latin and German.The modern English text was written by Theodore Baker in 1894.