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