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454 | Church Book#455 | 456 |
Text: | Ah, this heart is void and chill |
Author: | Charles John Spitta |
Translator: | Jane Borthwick |
Tune: | BORTHWICK |
1 Ah, this heart is void and chill,
'Mid earth's noisy thronging;
For the Father's mansions still
Earnestly is longing.
2 O to be at home, and gain
All for which we're sighing;
From all earthly want and pain
To be swiftly flying!
3 With this load of sin and care
Then no longer bending,
But with waiting angels there
On our Lord attending!
4 Ah, how blessed, blessed they
Who have rightly striven,
And rejoin eternally
With their Lord in heaven!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ah, this heart is void and chill |
German Title: | Ach, uns wird das Herz so leer |
Translator: | Jane Borthwick (1853) |
Author: | Charles John Spitta (ab. 1828) |
Meter: | 7, 6. Trochaic |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: The Heavenly Spirit; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday; Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BORTHWICK |
Meter: | 7, 6. Trochaic |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Composer from index: C. E. F. Weyse, 1838 |