Text: | Jesus, Refuge of the Weary |
Author: | Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498 |
Translator: | Jane F. Wilde, 1826-1896 |
Tune: | O DU LIEBER MEINER LIEBE |
1 Jesus, refuge of the weary,
Blest redeemer, whom we love,
Fountain in life's desert dreary,
Savior from the world above:
Often have your eyes, offended,
Gazed upon the sinner's fall;
Yet upon the cross extended,
You have borne the pain of all.
2 Do we pass that cross unheeding,
Breathing no repentant vow,
Though we see you wounded, bleeding,
See your thorn-encircled brow?
Yet your sinless death has brought us
Life eternal, peace, and rest;
Only what your grace has taught us
Calms the sinner's deep distress.
3 Jesus, may our hearts be burning
With more fervent love for you;
May our eyes be ever turning
To behold your cross anew;
Till in glory, parted never
From the blessed Savior's side,
Graven in our hearts forever,
Dwell the cross, the Crucified.
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First Line: | Jesus, refuge of the weary |
Title: | Jesus, Refuge of the Weary |
Translator: | Jane F. Wilde, 1826-1896 (alt.) |
Author: | Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498 |
Meter: | 87 87 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | Lent; Lent 2; Atonement(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | O DU LIEBER MEINER LIEBE |
Meter: | 87 87 D |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Herrnhut, c. 1735 |