| Text: | Jesus, Thou wounded Lamb of God |
| Author: | Nicolaus Ludwig v. Zinzendorf |
| Author: | Johann Nitschmann |
| Translator: | John Wesley |
| Tune: | HERR JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT |
1 Jesus, Thou wounded Lamb of God,
O wash me in Thy cleansing Blood;
Give me to know thy love; then pain
Is sweet, and life or death is gain.
2 Take my poor heart, and let it be
For ever closed to all but Thee.
Seal Thou my breast, and let me wear
That pledge of love for ever there.
3 What are our works but sin and death,
Till Thou thy quickening Spirit breathe?
Thou giv'st the power Thy grace to move;
O wondrous grace! O boundless love!
4 How can it be, thou heavenly King,
That Thou shouldst us to glory bring,
Make slaves the partners of Thy throne,
Decked with a never-fading crown?
5 Ah, Lord, enlarge our scanty thought
To know the wonders thou hast wrought;
Unloose our stammering tongues, to tell
Thy love immense, unsearchable!
Amen.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Jesus, Thou wounded Lamb of God |
| Author: | Nicolaus Ludwig v. Zinzendorf (1735) |
| Author: | Johann Nitschmann (1735) |
| Translator: | John Wesley (1740. a) |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1917 |
| Topic: | The Christian Life: Communion with Christ |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | HERR JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Key: | G Major |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |