Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
CONSECRATION
399
Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tower
John 14: 23
9. 8. 9. 8. 8. 6.
Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke
Johann Scheffler, 1657, cento
Tr., Catherine Winkworth, 1863, alt.
Ich will dich lieben
“Harmonischer Liederschatz”
Frankfurt, 1733
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me;
Friend;
Joy;
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with
my
ture
all
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soul
heart,
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what
my
long
diance
Thy
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as
light,
healed
Thou
O
By
So
5
Oh, teach me, Lord, to love Thee truly
With soul and body, head and heart,
And grant me grace that I may duly
Practice fore’er love’s sacred art.
Grant that my ev’ry thought may be
Directed e’er to Thee.
6
Thee will I love, my Crown of gladness;
Thee will I love, my God and Lord,
Amid the darkest depths of sadness,
Not for the hope of high reward—
For Thine own sake, O Light Divine,
So long as life is mine.
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