Herr, dein Wort, die edle Gabe

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1 Herr, dein Wort, die edle Gabe,
diesen Schatz erhalte mir,
denn ich zieh es aller Habe
und dem größten Reichthum für.
Wenn dein Wort nicht mehr soll gelten,
worauf soll der Glaube ruhn?
mir ist's nicht am tausend Welten,
aber um dein Wort zu thun.

2 Hallelujah! Ja und Amen!
Herr du wollest auf mich sehn,
daß ich mög in deinem Namen
fest bei deinem Worte stehn.
Laß mich eifrig sein beflissen,
dir zu dienen früh und spat,
und mich stets zu deinen Füßen
sitzen, wie Marie that.

Source: Evang.-Lutherisches Gesangbuch #276

Author: Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf

Zinzendorf, Count Nicolaus Ludwig, the founder of the religious community of Herrnhut and the apostle of the United Brethren, was born at Dresden May 26, 1700. It is not often that noble blood and worldly wealth are allied with true piety and missionary zeal. Such, however, was the case with Count Zinzendorf. In 1731 Zinzendorf resigned all public duties and devoted himself to missionary work. He traveled extensively on the Continent, in Great Britain, and in America, preaching "Christ, and him crucified," and organizing societies of Moravian brethren. John Wesley is said to have been under obligation to Zinzendorf for some ideas on singing, organization of classes, and Church government. Zinzendorf was the author of some two thousand hymn… Go to person page >

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First Line: Herr, dein Wort, die edle Gabe
Author: Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf
Language: German
Publication Date: 1862
Notes: Polish translation: See "Słowa Twego dar szlachetny"
Copyright: Public Domain

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O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE (Thommen)

Originally a folk song ("Sollen nun die grünen Jahre") dating from around 1700, O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE was used as a hymn tune in the Catholic hymnal Bambergisches Gesangbuch (1732). The tune name is the incipit of the text to which it was set in Johann Thommen's Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen…

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NETTLETON

The authorship of this tune is not clear, with different editors attributing the tune to different composers (or not naming one at all). See the instances list above for the different attributions. From William J. Reynolds, Companion to Baptist Hymnal (1976): "Nettleton first appeared as a two-part…

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