Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
CHRISTIAN WARFARE
448
Brief Life Is Here Our Portion
Hebrews 13: 14
7. 6. 7. 6. D.
Hic breve vivitur
Bernard of Morlas, c. 1145, cento
Tr., John M. Neale, 1858
Ewing
Alexander Ewing, 1853
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care.
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we
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now
fight
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doth
for
less
life,
as
Him
sion
life
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and
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ness
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we
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live
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ful
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glow;
hope,
rest;
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est
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ship
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mor
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milk
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man
ev
gold
an
sin
5
O sweet and blessèd country,
The home of God’s elect!
O sweet and blessèd country
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest,
Who art, with God the Father
And Spirit, ever blest.
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