Text: | Jesus, good above all other |
Author: | Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) |
Author (partial basis): | John Mason Neale (1818-1866) |
Tune: | QUEM PASTORES LAUDAVERE |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
1 Jesus, good above all other,
gentle child of gentle mother,
in a stable born our brother,
give us grace to persevere.
2 Jesus, cradled in a manger,
for us facing every danger,
living as a homeless stranger,
make we thee our King most dear.
3 Jesus, for thy people dying,
risen Master, death defying,
Lord in heaven, thy grace supplying,
keep us to thy presence near.
4 Jesus, who our sorrows bearest,
all our thoughts and hopes thou sharest,
thou to us the truth declarest;
help us all thy truth to hear.
5 Lord, in all our doings guide us;
pride and hate shall ne'er divide us;
we'll go on with thee beside us,
and with joy we'll persevere.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, good above all other |
Author: | Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) |
Author (partial basis): | John Mason Neale (1818-1866) |
Meter: | 888 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Blessed Virgin Mary; Children and All-Age Worship; Church Year: Christmas(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | QUEM PASTORES LAUDAVERE |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
Meter: | 888 7 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | German 15th-century melody |
Copyright: | Adaptation: From The English Hymnal, 1906. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. |