Text: | As Surely As I Live, God Said |
Author: | Nicolaus Herman, c. 1480-1561 |
Translator: | Matthias Loy, 1828-1915 |
Tune: | ST. LUKE |
Composer: | Jeremiah Clarke, c. 1674-1707 |
1 "As surely as I live," God said,
"I would not see the sinner dead.
but that he turn from error’s ways,
repent, and live through endless days."
2 And so our Lord gave this command:
"Go forth and preach in ev'ry land;
bestow on all my pard'ning grace
who will repent of sinful ways.
3 "All those whose sins you thus remit
I truly pardon and acquit,
and those whose sins you do retain
condemned and guilty shall remain.
4 "What you will bind, that bound shall be;
what you will loose, that shall be free;
unto my Church the keys are giv'n
to op'n and close the gates of heav'n."
5 The words which absolution give
are his who died that we might live;
the minister whom Christ has sent
is but His humble instrument.
6 When ministers lay on their hands,
absolved by Christ the sinner stands;
he who by grace the Word believes
forgiveness, sure and sweet, receives.
7 Praise God the Father and the Son
and Holy Spirit, Three in One,
as was, is now, and so shall be
forever and eternally!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | "As surely as I live," God said |
Title: | As Surely As I Live, God Said |
Author: | Nicolaus Herman, c. 1480-1561 (abr.) |
Translator: | Matthias Loy, 1828-1915 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2021 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Confession and Absolution |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. LUKE |
Composer: | Jeremiah Clarke, c. 1674-1707 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | f minor |
Source: | Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt. |
Copyright: | Public Domain |