Text:For Me to Live is Christ
Translator:Charles Seymour Robinson, 1829-1899
Tune:HEROLD NEW
Arranger:Compiler
Composer:J. Henry Showalter, 1864-1947

258. For Me to Live is Christ

1 For me to live is Christ,
To die is endless gain;
For Him I gladly bear the cross,
And welcome grief and pain.

2 A pilgrimage my lot,
My home is in the skies;
I nightly pitch my tent below,
And daily higher rise.

3 I fare with Christ, my Lord,
His path the path I choose;
They joy who suffer most with Him,
They win who with Him lose.

4 The dawn on distant hills,
Shines o'er the vales below;
The shadows of this world are lost,
In light to which I go.

5 My journey soon will end,
My scrip and staff laid down;
O, tempt me not with earthly toys!
I go to wear a crown.

6 Faithful may I endure,
And hear my Saviour say,
Thrice welcome home, beloved child,
Inherit endless day!

Text Information
First Line: For me to live is Christ
Title: For Me to Live is Christ
German Title: Christus der is mein Leben
Translator: Charles Seymour Robinson, 1829-1899
Meter: S.M. 6.6.8.6.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Christian Life: Victorious Living, Loyalty
Source: M. Vulpius' Ein Schön Geistlich Gesangbuch, Jena, 1609
Notes: For to me to live is Christ. Phil. 1:21.
Tune Information
Name: HEROLD NEW
Composer: J. Henry Showalter, 1864-1947
Arranger: Compiler (1970)
Meter: S.M. 6.6.8.6.
Incipit: 33212 35543 45517
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Arrangement Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: M.M. 66



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