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Text: | O blessed Sun whose splendor |
Author: | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta, 1801 - 59 |
Translator: | Richard Massie, 1800 - 87 |
Tune: | HEAVENLY LOVE |
Composer: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809 - 47 |
1 O blessed Sun whose splendor
Dispels the shades of night;
O Jesus, my defender,
My soul's supreme delight,
Though fortune should bereave me
Of all I love the best,
If thou thy love still leave me,
I freely give the rest.
2 I know no life divided,
O Lord of life, from thee;
In thee is life provided
For all mankind and me;
I know no death, O Jesus,
Because I live in thee;
Thy death it is which frees us
From death eternally. A-men.
3 Lord, with this truth impress me,
And write it on my heart,
To comfort, cheer and bless me,
That thou my Saviour art.
Thy love it was which sought me,
Thyself unsought by me,
And for thy ransom bought me
To live for aye in thee.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O blessed Sun whose splendor |
Translator: | Richard Massie, 1800 - 87 |
Author: | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta, 1801 - 59 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Life In Christ: Contemplation; The Life In Christ: Service; The Life In Christ: Comfort and Rest |
Notes: | This hymn may also be sung to ST. CHRISTOPHER (No. 482) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HEAVENLY LOVE |
Composer: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809 - 47 |
Meter: | 7 6, 7 6. D. |
Key: | E♭ Major |