Text: | We are the Lord's: His all-sufficient merit |
Author: | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta |
Translator: | Charles Tamberlaine Astley |
Tune: | STRENGTH AND STAY |
Composer: | John B. Dykes |
1 We are the Lord’s; His all-sufficient merit,
Sealed on the Cross, to us this grace accords;
We are the Lord’s, and all things shall inherit;
Whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
2 We are the Lord’s; then let us gladly tender
Our souls to Him, in deeds, not empty words;
Let heart and tongue, and life combine to render
No doubtful witness that we are the Lord’s.
3 We are the Lord’s; no darkness brooding o’er us
Can make us tremble, while this star affords
A steady light along the path before us--
Faith’s full assurance that we are the Lord’s.
4 We are the Lord’s; no evil can befall us
In the dread hour of life’s fast loosening cords;
No pangs of death shall even then appall us;
Death we shall vanquish, for we are the Lord’s.
Amen.
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First Line: | We are the Lord's: His all-sufficient merit |
Author: | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta (1843) |
Translator: | Charles Tamberlaine Astley (1860) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Cross and Comfort |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | STRENGTH AND STAY |
Composer: | John B. Dykes (1875) |
Meter: | 11 10, 11 10 |
Key: | D Major |