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Text:Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain
Author:L. Helmbold, 1532-98
Translator:M. Loy, 1828-1915
Tune:HERR JESU CHRIST, MEIN'S

551. Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain

1 Lord, help us ever to retain
The Catechism's doctrine plain
As Luther taught the Word of Truth
In simple style to tender youth.

2 Help us Thy holy Law to learn,
To mourn our sin, and from it turn
In faith to Thee and to Thy Son
And Holy Spirit, Three in One.

3 Hear us, dear Father, when we pray
For needed help from day to day
That as Thy children we may live,
Whom Thou in Baptism didst receive.

4 Lord, when we fall and sin doth stain,
Absolve and lift us up again;
And through the Sacrament increase
Our faith till we depart in peace.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, help us ever to retain
Title: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain
German Title: Herr Gott, erhalt uns für und für
Author: L. Helmbold, 1532-98
Translator: M. Loy, 1828-1915
Meter: L M
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Reformation
Tune Information
Name: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEIN'S
Meter: L M
Incipit: 11167 1273
Key: B♭ Major
Source: As hymnodus sacer, Leipzig, 1625



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