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Jesus soll die Losung sein

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1 Jesus soll die Losung sein,
da ein neues Jahr erschienen;
Jesu Name soll allein
denen zum Zeichen dienen,
die in seinem Bunde stehn
und auf seinem Wege gehn.

2 Jesu Name, Jesu Wort
soll bei uns in Zion schallen,
und so oft wir an den Ort,
der nach ihm genannt ist, wallen,
mache seines Namens Ruhm
unser Herz zum Heiligtum.

3 Unsre Wege wollen wir
nur in Jesu Namen gehen.
Geht uns dieser Leitstern für,
so wird alles wohl bestehen,
und durch diesen Gnadenschein
alles voller Segen sein.

4 Alle Sorgen, alles Leid
soll sein Name uns versüßen;
so wird alle Bitterkeit
uns zu Freude werden müssen.
Jesu Nam sei Sonn und Schild,
welcher allen Kummer stillt.

5 Jesus, aller Bürger Heil,
und der Stadt ein Gnadenzeichen,
auch des Landes bestes Teil
dem kein Kleinod zu vergleichen,
Jesus, unser Trost und Hort,
sei die Losung fort und fort.

Source: Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen): Antwort finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten #62

Author: Benjamin Schmolck

Schmolck, Benjamin, son of Martin Schmolck, or Schmolcke, Lutheran pastor at Brauchitschdorf (now Chrόstnik) near Liegnitz in Silesia (now Poland) was born at Brauchitschdorf, Dec. 21, 1672. He entered the Gymnasium at Lauban in 1688, and spent five years there. After his return home he preached for his father a sermon which so struck the patron of the living that he made Benjamin an allowance for three years to enable him to study theology. He matriculated, at Michaelmas, 1693, at the University of Leipzig, where he came under the influence of J. Olearius, J. B. Carpzov, and others, and throughout his life retained the character of their teaching, viz. a warm and living practical Christianity, but Churchly in tone and not Pietistic. In th… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jesus soll die Losung sein
Author: Benjamin Schmolck
Language: German
Notes: Polish translation: "Jezu, hasłem być nam chciej"
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

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Tune

GROSSER GOTT (11171)

Also known as: FRAMINGHAM GROSSNER GROSSER GOTT HALLE HUNGARIAN MELODY LAUDAMUS PARIS PASCHAL STILLORGAN GROSSER GOTT was set to the German versification in the Katholisches Gesangbuch (see above). Variants of the tune abound; the version found in the Psalter Hymnal came from Johann Schicht's Allg…

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MEINEN JESUM LASS ICH NICHT (Ulich)


HURSLEY

HURSLEY is a Protestant French Huguenot melody by an anonymous composer.

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #62

Glaubenslieder #463

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