Sacred Hymns from the German: Translated by Frances Elizabeth Cox
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Sacred Hymns from the German: Translated by Frances Elizabeth Cox
Hymns, German; Hymns, German -- Translations into English
Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
2 Cor. iv. 17.
O! Let him whose sorrow
No relief can find,
Trust in God, and borrow
Ease for heart and mind.
Where the mourner weeping
Sheds the secret tear,
God his watch is keeping,
Though none else is near.
God will never leave thee,
All thy wants He knows,
Feels the pains that grieve thee,
Sees thy cares and woes.
Raise thine eyes to heaven
When thy spirits quail,
When, by tempests driven,
Heart and courage fail.
When in grief you languish,
He will dry thy tear,
Who his children’s anguish
Soothes with succour near.
All thy woe and sadness
In this world below,
Balance not the gladness
Thou in heaven shalt know,
When thy gracious Saviour,
In the realms above,
Crowns thee with his favour,
Fills thee with his love.
TOD DER EINGANG ZUM LEBEN.
Ob ich schon wanderte im finstern Thal, fürchte ich kein Unglück:
denn, du bist bey mir; dein Stecken und Stab tröstet mich.
Mein Herzenstrost ist Jesus Christ,
Der mir zu gut geboren ist,
Erlöst mich aus der Höllen Pein,
Er will auch allzeit bei mir sein,
Und wenn ich einst von hinnen weich,
Soll ich leben mit ihm zugleich.
Jesu, der theure Name dein
Tröst mich in Kreuz und Angst allein:
Wenn ich dich, o mein Herr, nur hab,
Gar nichts nach Himml und Erd ich frag,
Du bist mein Fels, mein Burg, mein Hort,
Mein Stärk, mein Kraft, sagt mir dein Wort.
Wenn mir gleich Leib und Seel verschmacht,
Solchs alles ich doch gar nicht acht,
Denn du bist ja mein Trost, mein Theil,
Mein Hoffnung und mein ewges Heil:
Mit dir ich alle Feind bezwing
Und durch den Tod zum Leben dring.
DEATH THE GATE OF LIFE.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me.
Psa. xxiii. 4.
Christ to my heart true joy can give,
Christ who was born that I might live;
He saves me from the pains of hell,
He deigns e’en here with me to dwell,
And, when from earth I wing my flight,
Will take me to Himself in light.
Jesus! thy name alone hath power
To cheer me in affliction’s hour;
If Thou dost in my soul abide,
I ask for nought on earth beside:
Thou art my Fortress, Tower, and Rock,
My strong Defence in every shock.
When soul and body both shall fail,
No terrors shall my mind assail;
For Thou shalt be my Hope and Stay,
My Saviour in that solemn day:
Through Thee I’m victor in the strife,
And find in death the gate of life.
EWIGKEIT.
Ein Tag vor dem Herrn ist wie tausend Jahre, und tausend Jahre wie
ein Tag.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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