420. Why should sorrow ever grieve me?

1 Why should sorrow ever grieve me?
Christ is near,
What can here
E’er of Him deprive me?
Who can rob me of my heaven
That God’s Son,
As mine own,
To my faith hath given?

2 God oft gives me days of gladness,
Shall I grieve
If He give
Seasons too of sadness?
God is good, and tempers ever
Every hurt;
Me desert
Wholly can He never.

3 What is all this life possesseth?
But a hand
Full of sand
That the heart distresseth.
Noble gifts that tire me never,
Christ so free
There gives me
To enjoy forever.

4 Shepherd! Lord! joy's fountain ever,
Thou art mine, I am Thine,
No one can us sever.
I am thine because Thou gavest
Life and blood
For my good,
By Thy death me savest.

5 Thou art mine, I love and own Thee,
Ne'er shall I, Light of joy,
From my heart dethrone Thee.
Let me, let me
Soon behold Thee
Face to face;
Thy embrace,
May it soon enfold me!

Text Information
First Line: Why should sorrow ever grieve me?
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1653)
Translator: John Kelly (1867)
Meter: No. 28
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Cross and Consolation
Notes: From the German text: Warum sollt' ich mich denn graemen
Tune Information
Name: LÜNEBURG (Warum sollt' ich mich denn graemen)
Composer: Johann Georg Ebeling (1656)
Meter: No. 28
Key: f♯ minor



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