Zion's Harp ‎#70

70. O the fount of truth and grace

1 O, the fount of truth and grace found in loving,
If within the bonds of peace, we are living!
Without love we cannot live;
This is truthful, love should make life fruitful.

2 Without love the burden great on our shoulder
Would our weak and feeble state crush and smoulder;
But in love it groweth light,
And we offer still to toil and suffer.

3 Those who unto Christ the Lord do surrender
All their mind and thought and word in love tender
Shall, by faith and love impelled,
Boldly journey on the narrow pathway.

4 Thus with grace our soul and mind is inspired;
In our labor joy we find as desired,
Meeting kindred minded souls
Is reviving, humbling and enliv’ning.

Text Information

• First Line: O the fount of truth and grace
• Original Language: German
• Author: Nikolaus Ludwig Graf von Zinzendorf
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2003

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