Church Book ‎#404

404. Lord, Thine image Thou hast lent me

1 Lord, Thine image Thou hast lent me,
In Thy never-fading Love;
I was fallen: but Thou hast sent me
Full Redemption from above.
Sacred Love, I long to be
Thine to all eternity!

2 Love, Thou hast for me enduréd
All the pains of death and hell;
Nay, Thy sufferings have procuréd
More for me than tongue can tell:
Love almighty and divine,
I would be for ever Thine!

3 Love, my Life, and my Salvation,
Light and Truth, eternal Word!
Thou alone dost consolation
To my sinking soul afford.
Sacred Love, I long to be
Thine to all eternity!

4 Love in mercy, Thou wilt raise me
From the grave of sin and dust;
Love, I shall for ever praise Thee,
When in heaven among the just;
Love almighty and divine,
May I be for ever Thine!

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, Thine image Thou hast lent me
• German Title: Liebe, die Du mich zum Bilde
• Author: John Scheffler (1657)
• Translator: John Christian Jacobi (1722, a.)
• Meter: 8, 7, 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: Love to God and Christ; Sundays in Lent; Second Sunday after Trinity; Fourth Sunday after Trinity; Sixty Sunday after Trinity; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: LIEBE DIE DU MICH ZUM BILDE
• Meter: 8, 7, 7.
• Key: C Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Source from index: Darmstadt Gb. 1698