Text: | When my last hour is close at hand |
Tune: | WHEN MY LAST HOUR IS CLOSE AT HAND |
Composer: | J. Wolff |
1 When my last hour is close at hand,
My last sad journey taken,
Do Thou, Lord Jesus, by me stand,
Let me not be forsaken.
O Lord, my spirit I resign
Into Thy loving hands divine;
'Tis safe within Thy keeping.
2 My sins, O Lord, distress me sore,
My conscience cannot slumber;
Yet, though as sands upon the shore
My sins may be in number,
I will not quail, but think of Thee,
Thy death, Thy sorrows borne for me,
And thus find strength and comfort.
3 Since Thou from death didst rise again,
In death Thou wilt not leave me;
Lord, Thy ascension soothes my pain,
No fear of death shall grieve me:
For Thou wilt have me where Thou art,
And thus with joy I can depart,
To be with Thee forever.
4 And so to Jesus Christ I'll go,
My longing arms extending;
So fall asleep in slumber deep,
Slumber that knows no ending,
Till Jesus Christ, God's only Son,
Opens the gates of bliss, leads on
To heaven, to life eternal.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When my last hour is close at hand |
Meter: | 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1898 |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Norwegian title: Naar min Tid og Stund er for Haand |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WHEN MY LAST HOUR IS CLOSE AT HAND |
Composer: | J. Wolff (1569) |
Meter: | 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7. |
Key: | G Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Norwegian tune name: Naar min Tid og Stund er for Haand |