Text: | Light of the anxious heart |
Author (attributed to): | St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
Translator: | Robert Campbell, 1814-68 |
Tune: | FRANCONIA |
1 Light of the anxious heart,
Jesus, thy suppliants cheer;
Bid thou the gloom of guilt depart,
And shed thy sweetness here.
2 O happy he whose breast
Thou makest thine abode;
Sweet light that with the pure wilt rest,
For they shall see their God. A-men.
3 Brightness of God above,
Unfathomable grace,
Within our hearts implant thy love
And fix thy dwelling-place.
4 To lowly minds revealed,
Our Saviour we adore;
Like tribute to the Father yield,
And Spirit, evermore.
Amen.
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First Line: | Light of the anxious heart |
Translator: | Robert Campbell, 1814-68 |
Author (attributed to): | St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Epiphany; The Life In Christ: The Inner Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FRANCONIA |
Meter: | S. M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Konig's Choralbuch, 1738 |