Text:Jesus, Priceless Treasure
Author:Johann Franck
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:JESU, MEINE FREUDE
Composer:Johann Crüger
Harmonizer:J. S. Bach

365. Jesus, Priceless Treasure

1 Jesus, priceless treasure,
Source of purest pleasure,
Truest friend to me;
Long my heart hath panted,
Till it well-nigh fainted,
Thirsting after Thee.
Thine I am, O spotless Lamb,
I will suffer naught to hide Thee,
Ask for naught beside Thee.

2 In Thine arms I rest me;
Foes who would oppress me
Cannot reach me here.
Though the earth be shaking,
Every heart be quaking,
Jesus dispels our fear;
Sin and hell in conflict fell
With their heaviest storms assail us:
Jesus will not fail us.

3 Hence, all thoughts of sadness!
For the Lord of gladness,
Jesus, enters in:
Those who love the Father,
Though the storms may gather,
Still have peace within;
Yea, whate'er we here must bear,
Still in Thee lies purest pleasure,
Jesus, priceless treasure!

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, priceless treasure
Title: Jesus, Priceless Treasure
Author: Johann Franck (1650)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1863)
Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Tune Information
Name: JESU, MEINE FREUDE
Composer: Johann Crüger (1653)
Harmonizer: J. S. Bach (1723)
Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6
Key: c minor



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