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Text: | Ere yet the dawn hath filled the skies |
Author: | Johann Heermann |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | BROOKFIELD |
Composer: | Thomas B. Southgate |
1 Ere yet the dawn hath filled the skies
Behold my Saviour Christ arise;
He chaseth from us sin and night,
And brings us joy and life and light.
2 O stronger Thou than death and hell,
Where is the foe Thou canst not quell!
What heavy stone Thou canst not roll
From off the prisoned suff'ring soul?
3 If Jesus lives can I be sad?
I know He loves me, and am glad:
Though all the world were dead to me,
Enough, O Christ, if I have Thee!
4 He feeds me, comforts and defends,
And when I die His angels sends
To bear me whither He is gone,
For of His own He loseth none.
5 No more to fear or grief I bow,
God and the angels love me now;
The joys prepared for me to-day
Drive fear and mourning far away.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ere yet the dawn hath filled the skies |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1858) |
Author: | Johann Heermann (1630) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Christ: The Life; Christ: Light; Christ: Resurrection of(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BROOKFIELD |
Composer: | Thomas B. Southgate |
Meter: | L. M. |