Text:O Saviour of our race
Author:Laurentius Laurenti
Translator:Miss Winkworth
Tune:VENICE

135. O Saviour of our race

1 O Saviour of our race,
Welcome indeed Thou art,
Blessed Redeemer, Fount of grace,
To this my longing heart!

2 Light of the world, abide
Through faith within my heart;
Leave me to seek no other guide,
Nor e’er from Thee depart.

3 Thou art the Life, O Lord!
Sole Light of life Thou art!
Let not Thy glorious rays be poured
In vain on my dark heart.

4 Star of the East, arise!
Drive all my clouds away;
Guide me till earth’s dim twilight dies
Into the perfect day.

Text Information
First Line: O Saviour of our race
German Title: Du wesentliches Wort
Author: Laurentius Laurenti (1700)
Translator: Miss Winkworth (1855, alt.)
Meter: S. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Christmas; Christmas Day; Septuagesima Sunday (1 more...)
Notes: Alternate tune #84 or #465
Tune Information
Name: VENICE
Meter: S. M.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Source in index: English



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