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Jesus, Thyself to Us Reveal
Author: Johannes de Watteville, 1718-1788; Joachim Lange, 1670-1742; John Swertner, 1746-1813; Anna Nitschmann, 1715-1760; John Swertner Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #390 (1969) First Line: Jesus, Thyself to us reveal. Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thyself to us reveal,
Grant that we may not only feel
Some drawings of Thy grace,
But in communion with Thee live,
And daily from Thy death derive
The needful strength to run our race.
2 O let us think Thee always near,
As is the light that shines so clear,
Or as the air we breathe;
In all our thoughts, our words and ways,
Thus may our lives show forth Thy praise,
Our hearts be freed from things beneath.
3 Jesus, Thou fain wouldst have us be
In all things more conformed to Thee;
We’re filled with conscious shame,
And thank Thee for Thy care and love;
Thy patience, which we richly prove,
Our heartfelt gratitude doth claim. Topics: The Life in Christ Communion with Christ Languages: English Tune Title: INNSBRUCK
Jesus, Thyself to Us Reveal
Jesus, thyself to us reveal
Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d359 (1813) Languages: English
Jesus, thyself to us reveal
Jesus, thyself to us reveal
Hymnal: The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #438 (1876)
Jesus, thyself to us reveal
Joachim Lange
1670 - 1744 Person Name: Joachim Lange, 1670-1742 Author (stanza 2) of "Jesus, Thyself to Us Reveal" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Lange, Joachim, D.D., son of Mauritius Lange, senior councillor at Gardelegen in the Altmark, was born at Gardelegen, Oct. 26, 1670. He entered the University of Leipzig in the autumn of 1689, where he shared rooms with A. H. Francke; and in 1690 followed Francke to Erfurt, and in 1692 to Halle. By the recommendation of J. O. Schade he was appointed, in 1693, tutor to the only son of F. R. L. von Canitz, at Berlin. Subsequently he became, in 1696, rector of the school at Coslin in Pomerania; in 1698 rector of the Friedrichswerder Gymnasium at Berlin, and in 1699 pastor of the Friedrichstadt church; and in 1709, professor of theology at Halle (D.D. 1717), where he d. May 7,1744 (Koch, iv. 343; Allg. Deutsche Biographie, xvii. 634, &c). In his day Lange was best known as a commentator on the whole Bible (Biblisches Licht und Recht, &c, 7 folio vols., Halle, 1730-1738); as a defender of Pietism against the “Orthodox” Lutheran controversialists of the early 18th century; and as the author of over 100 theological works. Only two hymns are known by him, one of which is:—
O Jesu, süsses Licht. Morning. First published in the Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1697, p. 4, in 8 stanzas of 8 lines. Repeated in Freylinghausen's Gesang-Buch, 1704, No. 608, and recently, as No. 469, in the Unverfälschter Leidersegen, 1851. Translated as:—
Jesu, Thy light again I view. A free translation, in 7 stanzas of 6 lines, by J. Wesley, in Hymns & Sacred Poems, 1739 (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. i. p. 159) ; repeated as No. 661 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754 (1886, No. 344, abridged). The form most used is that in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, No. 419, where st. i. is omitted; and it begins with st. ii., altered to "O God, what offering shall I give." This form is in Mercer, 1857 and 1864, Kennedy, 1863, and others; and in America, in the Methodist Episcopal Hymns, 1849, Evang. Association Hymn Book, 1882, &c. In the American Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858, a cento from Wesley's stanzas iii., vi., vii., is given as No. 917, beginning, "Now, O my God, Thou hast my soul."
Other translations are: (1) "O let me always think Thou'rt near," by J. Swertner, of st. vii., as No. 430 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789. In the 1801 and later editions. (1886, No. 567) it is altered, and begins, "O let us always think Thee near." (2) "O Jesu, welcome Light," by H. J. Buckoll, 1842, p. 47. (3) "O Jesu, Light most sweet." In the Family Treasury, 1879, P- 230. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Joachim Lange
John Swertner
1746 - 1813 Person Name: John Swertner, 1746-1813 Translator (stanza 2) of "Jesus, Thyself to Us Reveal" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Swertner, John, b. Sept. 12, 1746, at Haarlem, in Holland, Moravian minister at various places in England and Ireland; d. at Bristol, March 11, 1813.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
John Swertner
Johannes de Watteville
1718 - 1788 Person Name: Johannes de Watteville, 1718-1788 Author (stanza 1) of "Jesus, Thyself to Us Reveal" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Johannes de Watteville, was the son-in-law of Nicholas Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf, married to Zinzendorf's daughter Benigna. He was a Moravian bishop in Germany. He originated the Christingle tradition in 1747 when he gave each child in his church a lighted candle wrapped in a red ribbon with a prayer that said "Lord Jesus, kindle a flame in these dear children's hearts."
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Watteville, Johannes von, originally Johann Michael Langguth, but adopted by F. von Watteville, b. Oct. 18, 1718, at Walschleben near Erfurt. Member of the Unity's Direction, 1764. d. Oct. li, 1788, at Gnadenfrei, Silesia.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Johannes de Watteville
