Text: | Mute Are The Pleading Lips Of Him |
Author: | J. O. Wallin |
Translator: | E. W. Olson |
Tune: | PLEA |
1 Mute are the pleading lips of Him
Who hath our cause defended;
Love drained the cup filled to the brim,
As holiness demanded.
The gentle Shepherd here behold,
Slain for the sheep lost to His fold:
From labor, pain and weeping,
Now rests He with the sleeping.
2 But not for aye, O Friend of men,
Thou in the grave descendest;
A little while, and then again
Thy grieving flock Thou tendest.
The corn that falls into the earth
From darkness unto life springs forth,
In season amply giving
The life-bread to the living.
3 O Prince of Life, now to the gloom
Of earth consigned in sorrow,
My life so guide, that in my tomb
I wait the blessed morrow.
When, freed from worldly strife and care,
This mortal frame reposes there,
Grant that my deathless spirit
The bliss of heav'n inherit.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Mute are the pleading lips of Him |
Title: | Mute Are The Pleading Lips Of Him |
Translator: | E. W. Olson |
Author: | J. O. Wallin (1819) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Passion |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PLEA |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | German, 16 Century; Chorale: Den mum är tyst |