Summary

Hymns from the German

“ Bid the world and all its errors,
Far from vain deceits to dwell,
Far from darkness, far from terrors:
Weep not that I take my flight
Toward the land of endless light.
Weep not—lo! my Saviour there,
Mercy to my soul revealing;
I too have obtained a share
In His Heart’s deep wounds so healing,
Whence the Holy Fountain streamed,
Which this sinful world redeemed.
Weep not—my Redeemer lives—
High above dark earth ascending,
Hope her heavenly comfort gives;
Faith stands by, her shield extending;
Love eternal whispers near,
‘Child of God, no longer fear.’
Beim Begräbniss eines Kindes.
”
Source: Gutenberg

Hymns from the German

“ Has on earth no equal?
No light of day,
Or sunlit ray
Jerusalem’s City needeth;
Since the Lamb, Who is her Light,
Far the sun exceedeth.
Alleluia!
O could I there
Take part, however lowly,
In those choirs which ever sing,
Holy! Holy! Holy!
O Saviour blest,
My Help and Rest!
May I soon follow thither,
Where Thy Hand holds out a Crown
That shall never wither!
Adventlied. I.
Das ist der Herr, auf den wir harren:
Dass wir uns freuen und fröhlich sein in seinem Heil.
Auf! auf! weil der Tag erschienen,
Der uns muss zur Freude dienen
”
Source: Gutenberg

Hymns from the German

“ He lived at Leipzig, and gave lectures (first as a master of arts and afterwards as extraordinary professor) on eloquence and moral philosophy, and gained as universally the reputation of an author and a pattern of pure taste, as he did love and esteem as a man and a Christian, by his integrity of conduct, and his unaffected piety and humility. Composing hymns was his favourite employment, in which, together with prayer, he spent the happiest hours of his life of suffering. All his hymns speak the simple Christian poet of the people, and many of them have lasting classic merit. ”
Source: Gutenberg

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