505 | Trinity Hymnal#506 | 507 |
Text: | Why should cross and trial grieve me? |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt |
Translator: | John Kelly |
Tune: | WARUM SOLLT' ICH MICH DENN GRÄMEN |
Composer: | Johann G. Ebeling |
1 Why should cross and trial grieve me?
Christ is near
With his cheer;
Never will he leave me.
Who can rob me of the heaven
That God's Son
For my own
To my faith hath given?
2 God oft gives me days of gladness;
Shall I grieve
If he give
Seasons, too, of sadness?
God is good and tempers ever
All my ill,
And he will
Wholly leave me never.
3 Death cannot destroy for ever;
From our fears,
Cares, and tears
It will us deliver.
It will close life's mournful story,
Make a way
That we may
Enter heav'nly glory.
4 Lord, my Shepherd, take me to thee.
Thou art mine;
I was thine,
Even ere I knew thee.
I am thine, for thou hast bought me;
Lost I stood,
But thy blood
Free salvation brought me.
5 Thou art mine; I love and own thee.
Light of Joy,
Ne'er shall I
From my heart dethrone thee.
Saviour, let me soon behold thee
Face to face,—
May thy grace
Evermore enfold me!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Why should cross and trial grieve me? |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt (1653, cento) |
Translator: | John Kelly (alt.) |
Meter: | 8. 3. 3. 6. 8. 3. 3. 6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ: Shepherd; Christian Life: Tribulation and Suffering; Comfort(4 more...) |
Source: | Tr. composite based on John Kelly |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WARUM SOLLT' ICH MICH DENN GRÄMEN |
Composer: | Johann G. Ebeling (1666) |
Meter: | 8. 3. 3. 6. 8. 3. 3. 6. |
Key: | F Major |