Church Book ‎#229

229. Holy Jesus, Saviour blest

1 Holy Jesus, Saviour blest,
When by passion strong possest
Through this world of sin we stray,
Thou to guide us art the Way.

2 Holy Lord, when error's night
Dims and blinds our clouded sight,
Through the mists of sin to shine,
Thou dost rise, the Truth divine.

3 Holy Jesus, when our power
Fails us in temptation's hour,
All unequal to the strife,
Thou to aid us art the Life.

4 Who would reach the heavenly home,
Who would to the Father come,
Who the Father's presence see,
Jesus, he must come by Thee.

5 Channel of the Father's grace,
Image of the Father's face,
Saviour blest, incarnate Son,
With the Father thou art One.

6 Glory to the Father be,
Glory, only Son, to Thee;
And, of equal power confest,
Glory to the Spirit blest.

Text Information

• First Line: Holy Jesus, Saviour blest
• Author: Richard Mant (1837, a.)
• Meter: 7s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Communion with Christ; Epiphany, Third Sunday; Sundays in Lent; Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #347 or #473

Tune Information

• Name: CULBACH
• Meter: 7s.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Source from index: Lutheran