Church Book ‎#447b

447b. Jesus, still lead on

1 Jesus, still lead on,
Till our Rest be won!
And although the way be cheerless,
We will follow, calm and fearless.
Guide us by Thy hand
To our Fatherland!

2 If the way be drear,
If the foe be near,
Let not faithless fears o'ertake us,
Let not faith and hope forsake us;
For through many a foe
To our home we go!

3 When we seek relief
From a long-felt grief;
When temptations come alluring,
Make us patient and enduring:
Show us that bright shore
Where we weep no more!

4 Jesus, still lead on,
Till our Rest be won;
Heavenly Leader, still direct us,
Still support, console, protect us,
Till we safely stand
In our Fatherland.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, still lead on
• German Title: Jesu, geh voran
• Author: Nicholas Louis, Count Zinzendorf (1721)
• Translator: Jane Borthwick (1853, a.)
• Meter: 5, 5, 8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: Following Christ; Epiphany, Second Sunday; Sundays in Lent; Passion Week; Easter Season, Thrid Sunday; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday; Fifth Sunday after Trinity; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: LUSATIA
• Meter: 5, 5, 8.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Adapted, J. M., 1869, Rev. by J. Pearce