4745. O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart's Desire

1. O Christ, our hope, our heart’s desire,
Redemption’s only spring!
Creator of the world art Thou,
Its Savior and its King.

2. How vast the mercy and the love
Which laid our sins on Thee,
And led Thee to a cruel death,
To set Thy people free.

3. But now the bands of death are burst,
The ransom has been paid,
And Thou art on Thy Father’s throne,
In glorious robes arrayed.

4. O may Thy mighty love prevail
Our sinful souls to spare;
O may we come before Thy throne,
And find acceptance there!

5. O Christ, be Thou our lasting joy,
Our ever great reward!
Our only glory may be it be
To glory in the Lord.

6. All praise to Thee, ascended Lord;
All glory ever be
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Through all eternity.

Text Information
First Line: O Christ, our hope, our heart's desire
Title: O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart's Desire
Latin Title: Jesu nostra redemptio, Amor et desiderium
Author: Anonymous (8th Century)
Translator (from Latin): John Chandler
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Hymns of the Primitive Church, 1837
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: MANOAH, arranged from Gioachino A. Rossini by Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
Tune Information
Name: BRADFORD
Composer: George F. Handel (1741, arr.)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 51321 64343 51276
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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