Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church ‎#187

187. O Eternal Word, Jesus Christ, Our Lord

1 O Eternal Word,
Jesus Christ, our Lord!
While the hosts of heaven adore Thee,
We with awe fall down before Thee,
And with rapture raise
Songs of love and praise.

2 God and man indeed,
Comfort in all need,
Thou becam’st a Man of sorrows,
To gain life eternal for us
By Thy precious blood,
Jesus, man and God.

3 Jesus, who with Thee
Can compared be?
Source of rest and consolation,
Life, and light, and full salvation;
Son of God, with Thee
None compared can be.

4 By Thy Spirit’s light
Me instruct aright,
That I watch and pray with fervor,
Trusting Thee, my soul’s Preserver;
Love unfeigned, O Lord,
Unto me afford.

Text Information

• First Line: O Eternal Word
• Title: O Eternal Word, Jesus Christ, Our Lord
• Author (stanzas 1 & 2): Adam Drese, 1620-1701 (c. 1690)
• Translator (stanzas 1 & 2): John Swertner, 1746-1813 (1789, a.)
• Author (stanzas 3 & 4): Johann A. Freylinghausen, 1670-1739 (1704)
• Translator (stanzas 3 & 4): John Gambold, 1711-1771 (1754, a.)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: God the Son: His Deity

Tune Information

• Name: SEELENBRÄUTIGAM
• Composer: Adam Drese, 1620-1701 (1698)
• Key: G Major

Tune Information:

Earlier form; (68, A)