Text:Mute Are the Pleading Lips of Him
Author:Johan Olof Wallin
Tune:DEN MUN ÄR TYST

120. Mute Are the Pleading Lips of Him

1 Mute are the pleading lips of Him
Who hath our cause defended;
Love drained the cup filled to the brim,
As Holiness demanded.
The gentle Shepherd here behold,
Slain for the sheep lost to His fold:
From labor, pain, and weeping
Now rests He with the sleeping.

2 But not for aye, O Friend of men,
Thou in the grave descendest;
A little while, and then again
Thy grieving flock Thou tendest.
The corn that falls into the earth
From darkness springs in fullness forth,
In season amply giving
The life-bread to the living.

3 O Prince of Life, now to the gloom
Of earth consigned in sorrow,
My life so guide, that in my tomb
I wait the blessèd morrow.
When, freed from worldly strife and care,
This mortal frame reposes there,
Grant that my deathless spirit
The bliss of heaven inherit.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Mute are the pleading lips of Him
Title: Mute Are the Pleading Lips of Him
Author: Johan Olof Wallin (1819)
Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 8 8, 7 7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1937
Scripture: ;
Topic: Church Year: Holy Week; Good Friday; Christ: Work of (7 more...)
Tune Information
Name: DEN MUN ÄR TYST
Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 8 8, 7 7.
Key: F Major
Source: German, 16th Century



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