CPWI Hymnal ‎#691a

691a. Jesu, Son of Mary

1 Jesu, Son of Mary,
fount of life alone,
here we hail thee present
on thine altar- throne:

2 humbly we adore thee,
Lord of endless might,
in the mystic symbols
veiled from earthly sight.

3 Think, O Lord, in mercy
on the souls of those
who, in faith gone from us,
now in death repose.

4 Here 'mid stress and conflict
toils can never cease;
there, the warfare ended,
bid them rest in peace.

5 Often were they wounded
in the deadly strife;
heal them, Good Physician,
with the balm of life.

6 Every taint of evil,
frailty and decay,
good and gracious Saviour,
cleanse and purge away.

7 Rest eternal grant them,
after weary fight;
shed on them the radiance
of thy heavenly light.

8 Lead them onward, upward,
to the holy place,
where thy saints made perfect
gaze upon thy face.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesu, Son of Mary
• Swahili Title: Yesu, Bin Mariamu
• Translator: Edmund Stuart Palmer, 1856-1931
• Meter: 6.5.6.5
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Sacraments and Other Occasions: Funerals/Commemorations
• Source: Swahili traditional
• Notes: A higher setting of EUDOXIA is found at 662

Tune Information

• Name: EUDOXIA
• Composer: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924
• Meter: 6.5.6.5
• Key: F Major