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Text: | Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts |
Translator: | Ray Palmer, 1808-1887 |
Tune: | EISENACH |
Composer: | Johann Hermann Schein, 1586-1630 |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 |
1 Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts,
thou fount of life, thou perfect grace;
from the best bliss that earth imparts
we turn unfilled to seek thy face.
2 Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood;
thou savest those that on thee call;
to them that seek thee thou art good,
to them that find thee, all in all.
3 We taste thee, O thou living bread,
and long to feast upon thee still;
we drink of thee, the fountain-head,
and thirst our souls from thee to fill.
4 Our restless spirits yearn for thee,
where'er our changeful lot is cast,
glad when thy gracious smile we see,
blest when our faith is holding fast.
5 O Jesu, ever with us stay;
make all our moments calm and bright;
chase the dark night of sin away;
shed o'er the world thy holy light.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts |
Title: | Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts |
Latin Title: | Jesu, dulcis memoria |
Translator: | Ray Palmer, 1808-1887 |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Holy Communion; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Year A: Lent 3(4 more...) |
Source: | 12th century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EISENACH |
Composer: | Johann Hermann Schein, 1586-1630 |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 (adapt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Schein's revised "Cantional" (1645) |
Notes: | A lower setting will be found at No. 516 |