Moravian Book of Worship ‎#716

716. On Your Ransomed Congregation

1 On your ransomed congregation,
Lord, lift up your countenance;
be our help, joy and salvation;
life and health to us dispense.

2 In each heart, O fix your dwelling;
there erect a monument
of your love, all love excelling;
there fulfill your blessed intent.

3 Take us under your protection,
grant us to obey your voice,
simply follow your direction,
to your will resign our choice.

4 Thus may we, as your anointed,
Walk with you in truth and grace
in the path you have appointed,
till we reach your dwelling-place.

Text Information

• First Line: On your ransomed congregation
• Title: On Your Ransomed Congregation
• Author: Frederick William Foster (1826, alt.)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7. Trochaic
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Psalm 4:6
  ;
  Colossians 3:1-4
• Topic: Trust and Guidance; Christ--Abiding with believers; Christ--Presence of; Christ--Protection by; Church--Community in Christ

Tune Information

• Name: BATTY
• Composer: J. Thommen (1745)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7. Trochaic
• Source: Herrnhut (c. 1735); C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784)
• Notes: 16 A in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns