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Jesus' mercies never fail

Representative Text

1 Jesus‘ mercies never fail,
This we prove at every meal;
Lord, we thank Thee for Thy grace,
Gladly join to sing Thy praise.

2 Lord, the gifts Thou dost bestow
Can refresh and cheer us too;
But no gift can to the heart
Be what Thou, our Saviour, art.

Source: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #594

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Author: Angelus Silesius

Pen name of Johann Scheffler… Go to person page >

Translator: Johannes Swertner

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)  Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Jesus' mercies never fail
Original Language: German
Author: Angelus Silesius (1657)
Translator: Johannes Swertner (1789)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

SAVANNAH (55432)

Robin Leaver, "The origins of the tune SAVANNAH," HSGBI Bulletin 153, vol. 10, no. 1 (January 1982), pp. 26–30.

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #910

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #910

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d333

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d333
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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. New and Revised ed. #1102

A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. New and Revised ed. #1102
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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #594

Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #594
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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #896

Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #896
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Hymns and Offices of Worship #316

Hymns and Offices of Worship #316
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Offices of Worship and Hymns #316

Offices of Worship and Hymns #316
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Offices of Worship and Hymns #39

Offices of Worship and Hymns #39

The Christian Hymnary #683

The Christian Hymnary #683
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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #830

The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #830
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The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #39

The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #39
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