Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
LENT
148
Lord Jesus Christ, My Life, My Light
Luke 23: 33
L. M.
O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht
Martin Behm, 1610, cento
Tr., Catherine Winkworth, 1858, 1863, alt.
O Jesu Christ, mein’s
“Nüernbergisches Gesangbuch,” 1676
To
My
Where
My
me
ney’s
ther
my
pow’r
length,
land,
Light,
wast
meet
through
Strength
ed
the
Thy
by
Je
let
heart
off
Thy
sulks
I
sus
Lord
1
4
Oh,
3
My
2
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fa
give
jour
Life,
see
suf
at
Christ,
f’rings
the
my
my
has
pass
and
still
that
a
com
cries
Par
fresh
lone
reach
but
day,
blood
fort
in
a
ing
flesh
last
my
I
strength;
stand.
night,
est
tle
to
by
dark
lit
hope
Trust
and
soul
ere
earth
blood
hour!
re
a
I
I’m
Thy
My
But
On
and
make
home,
me
way
with
sore
wea
take
bonds
me
ly
ry
my
be
take
ters
fet
fore
sins
guest
dise,
me:
me;
And
A
“Lord,
Thy
men.
me
to
me
op
prest.
lies.
free.
Thee!”
A
5
Oh, let Thy holy wounds for me
Clefts in the rock forever be
Where as a dove my soul can hide
And safe from Satan’s rage abide.
6
And when my spirit flies away,
Thy dying words shall be my stay.
Thy cross shall be my staff in life,
Thy holy grave my rest from strife.
7
Lord, in Thy nail-prints let me read
That Thou to save me hast decreed
And grant that in Thine opened side
My troubled soul may ever hide.
8
Since Thou hast died, the Pure, the Just.
I take my homeward way in trust.
The gates of heav’n, Lord, open wide
When here I may no more abide.
9
And when the last Great Day shall come
And Thou, our Judge, shalt speak the doom,
Let me with joy behold the light
And set me then upon Thy right.
10
Renew this wasted flesh of mine
That like the sun it there may shine
Among the angels pure and bright,
Yea, like Thyself in glorious light.
11
Ah, then I’ll have my heart’s desire,
When, singing with the angels’ choir,
Among the ransomed of Thy grace,
Forever I’ll behold Thy face!
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