3724. Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain

1. Lord, help us ever to retain
The catechism’s doctrine plain
As Luther taught the word of truth
In simple style to tender youth.

2. Help us Thy holy law to learn,
To mourn our sin, and from it turn
In faith to Thee and to Thy Son
And Holy Spirit, Three in One.

3. Hear us, dear Father, when we pray
For needed help from day to day
That as Thy children we may live,
Whom Thou in baptism did receive.

4. Lord, when we fall and sin doth stain,
Absolve and lift us up again;
And thro’ the sacrament increase
Our faith till we depart in peace.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, help us ever to retain
Title: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain
German Title: Herr Gott, erhalt uns für und für
Author: Ludwig Helmbold (1594)
Translator (from German): Matthias Loy (1880, alt.)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEIN'S
Meter: LM
Incipit: 11167 12766 71217
Key: B♭ Major
Source: As Hymnodus Sacer (Leipzig, Germany: 1625)
Copyright: Public Domain



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