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| Text: | Jesus, Priceless Treasure |
| Author: | Johann Franck |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
| Tune: | JESU, MEINE FREUDE |
| Harmonizer: | J S Bach |
1 Jesus, priceless treasure,
source of purest pleasure,
truest friend to me,
long my heart hath panted,
till it well-nigh fainted,
thirsting after thee.
Thine I am, O spotless Lamb,
I will suffer naught to hide thee,
ask for naught beside thee.
2 In thine arms I rest me;
foes who would molest me
cannot reach me here.
Though the earth be shaking,
every heart be quaking,
Jesus calms our fear;
sin and hell in conflict fell
with their heaviest storms assail us;
Jesus will not fail us.
3 Hence, all thoughts of sadness!
For the Lord of gladness,
Jesus, enters in.
Those who love the Father,
though the storms may gather,
still have peace within;
yea, whate'er we here must bear,
still in thee lies purest pleasure,
Jesus, priceless treasure!
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Jesus, priceless treasure |
| Title: | Jesus, Priceless Treasure |
| Author: | Johann Franck (1653) |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1863) |
| Meter: | 665 665 786 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Topic: | Worship of the Son |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | JESU, MEINE FREUDE |
| Harmonizer: | J S Bach (1723) |
| Meter: | 665 665 786 |
| Key: | c minor or modal |
| Source: | Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1656 |
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