Text: | For Me to Live Is Jesus |
Tune: | CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN |
Composer: | Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1615 |
1 For me to live is Jesus,
To die is gain for me;
So, when my Savior pleases,
I meet death willingly.
2 For Christ, my Lord, my brother,
I leave this world so dim
And gladly seek another,
Where I shall be with him.
3 My woes are nearly over,
Though long and dark the road;
His merits my sin cover,
And I have peace with God.
4 Lord, when my pow'rs are failing,
My breath comes heavily,
And words are unavailing,
Let my sighs plead for me.
5 In my last hour, oh, grant me
A slumber soft and still,
No doubts to vex or haunt me,
Safe anchored in your will;
6 This anchor of your making
Forever holding me,
I will, in heav'n awaking,
Sing heaven's melody.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For me to live is Jesus |
Title: | For Me to Live Is Jesus |
Meter: | 76 76 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1982 |
Topic: | Death and Burial |
Source: | Author unknown; Tr. The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN |
Composer: | Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1615 |
Meter: | 76 76 |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Arrangement: Copyright 1982 Concordia Publishing House. |