Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church ‎#120

120. When My Love to Christ Goes Weak

1 When my love to Christ grows weak,
When for deeper faith I seek,
Then in thought I go to thee,
Garden of Gethsemane.

2 When my love for man grows weak,
When for stronger faith I seek,
Hill of Calvary, I go
To the scenes of fear and woe.

3 There behold His agony,
Suffered on the bitter tree;
See His anguish, see His faith,
Love triumphant still in death.

4 Then to life I turn again,
Learning all the worth of pain,
Learning all the might that lies
In a full self-sacrifice.

Text Information

• First Line: When my love to Christ grows weak
• Title: When My Love to Christ Goes Weak
• Author: John Reynell Wreford, 1800-1881 (1837, a.)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: The Church Year: Passion Week

Tune Information

• Name: FALCKNER
• Composer: John Antes, 1740-1811 (c. 1800)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. Trochaic
• Key: e minor

Tune Information:

(11, K)