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Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense
Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #266 (1982) Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 Topics: Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Jesus Christ, my sure defense
And my Savior, now is living!
Knowing this, my confidence
Rests upon the hope here given
Though the night of death be caught
Still in many an anxious thought.
2 Jesus, my redeemer, lives;
Likewise I to life shall waken.
He will bring me where he is;
Shall my courage then be shaken?
Shall I fear, or could the head
Rise and leave his members dead?
3 No, I am too closely bound
By my hope to Christ forever;
Faith's strong hand the rock has found,
Grasped it, and will leave it never;
Even death now cannot part
From its Lord the trusting heart.
4 I am flesh and must return
To the dust, whence I am taken;
But by faith I now discern
That from death I will awaken
With my Savior to abide
In his glory, at his side.
5 Then these eyes my Lord will know,
My redeemer and my brother;
In his love my soul will glow--
I myself and not another!
Then the weakness I feel here
Will forever disappear.
6 Then take comfort and rejoice,
For his members Christ will cherish.
Fear not, they will hear his voice;
Dying, they will never perish;
For the very grave is stirred
When the trumpet's blast is heard.
7 Oh, then, draw away your hearts
From all pleasures base and hollow.
Strive to share what he imparts
While you here his footsteps follow.
As you now still wait to rise,
Fix your hearts beyond the skies. Languages: English Tune Title: JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT
Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense
O blessed Sun whose splendor
Author: Richard Massie, 1800 - 87; Karl Johann Philipp Spitta, 1801 - 59 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #573 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 O blessed Sun whose splendor
Dispels the shades of night;
O Jesus, my defender,
My soul's supreme delight,
Though fortune should bereave me
Of all I love the best,
If thou thy love still leave me,
I freely give the rest.
2 I know no life divided,
O Lord of life, from thee;
In thee is life provided
For all mankind and me;
I know no death, O Jesus,
Because I live in thee;
Thy death it is which frees us
From death eternally. A-men.
3 Lord, with this truth impress me,
And write it on my heart,
To comfort, cheer and bless me,
That thou my Saviour art.
Thy love it was which sought me,
Thyself unsought by me,
And for thy ransom bought me
To live for aye in thee.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: HEAVENLY LOVE
O blessed Sun whose splendor
The Lord's My Shepherd
Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #451 (1978) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: Comfort and Rest First Line: The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want Lyrics: 1 The Lord's my shepherd; I'll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; he leadeth me
The quiet waters by.
He leadeth me, he leadeth me
The quiet waters by.
2 My soul he doth restore again,
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E'en for his own name's sake;
Within the paths of righteousness,
E'en for his own name's sake.
3 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For thou art with me, and thy rod
And staff me comfort still;
For thou art with me, and thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
4 My table thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup over-flows.
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup over-flows.
5 Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me,
And in God's house forevermore
My dwelling-place shall be.
Languages: English Tune Title: BROTHER JAMES' AIR
The Lord's My Shepherd
Jesus, still lead on
Author: Jane L. Borthwick, 1813 - 97; Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, 1700 - 60 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #532 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Jesus, still lead on,
Till our rest is won;
And, although the way be cheerless,
We will follow, calm and fearless;
Guide us by thy hand
To our fatherland.
2 If the way be drear,
If the foe be near,
Let not faithless fears o'ertake us,
Let not faith and hope forsake us;
For through many a foe
To our home we go. A-men.
3 When we seek relief
From a long-felt grief,
When temptations come alluring
Make us patient and enduring;
Show us that bright shore
Where we weep no more.
4 Jesus, still lead on,
Till our rest be won;
Heavenly Leader, still direct us,
Still support, console, protect us,
Till we safely stand
In our fatherland!
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: SEELENBRAUTIGAM
Jesus, still lead on
I Am Content! My Jesus Ever Lives
Author: August Crull, 1845-1923; Johann J. Möller, 1660-1733 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #145 (1982) Meter: 10.6.10.6.9.9.4.4 Topics: Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 I am content! My Jesus ever lives,
In whom my heart is pleased.
He has fulfilled the law of God for me,
God's wrath he hath appeased.
Since he in death could perish never,
I also shall not die forever.
I am content! I am content!
2 I am content! My Jesus is my head;
His member I shall be.
He bowed his head when on the cross he died
With cries of agony.
Now death is brought into subjection
For me too by his resurrection.
I am content! I am content!
3 I am content! My Jesus is my light,
My radiant sun of grace.
His cheering rays beam blessings forth for all,
Sweet comfort, hope, and peace.
This Easter sun has brought salvation
And everlasting exultation.
I am content! I am content!
4 I am content! At length I shall be free,
Awakened from the dead,
Arising glorious evermore to be
With you, my living head.
My Lord, earth's binding fetters sever,
Then shall my soul rejoice forever.
I am content! I am content! Languages: English Tune Title: ES IST GENUG
I Am Content! My Jesus Ever Lives
He leadeth me, he leadeth me
Author: Joseph Henry Gilmore, 1834 - 1918 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #478 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest First Line: He leadeth me: O blessed thought! Lyrics: 1 He leadeth me: O blessed thought!
O words with heavenly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be,
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.
Refrain:
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
By his own hand he leadeth me:
His faithful follower I would be,
For by his hand he leadeth me.
2 Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters calm, o’er troubled sea,
Still ’tis his hand that leadeth me. [Refrain]
3 Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine,
Nor ever murmur nor repine;
Content, whatever lot I see,
Since ’tis my God that leadeth me. [Refrain]
4 And when my task on earth is done,
When by thy grace the victory’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: AUGHTON (HE LEADETH ME)
He leadeth me, he leadeth me
Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish
Author: Thomas Moore, 1779 - 1852; Thomas Hastings, 1784 - 1872 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #569 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish;
Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel;
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,
'Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.'
3 Here see the Bread of Life; see waters flowing
Forth from the throne of God, pure from above;
Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove.
Languages: English Tune Title: CONSOLATION (ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER)
Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish
Jesus, Refuge of the Weary
Author: Jane F. Wilde; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-98 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #90 (1982) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Jesus, refuge of the weary,
Blest redeemer, whom we love,
Fountain in life's desert dreary,
Savior from the world above:
Often have your eyes, offended,
Gazed upon the sinner's fall;
Yet upon the cross extended,
You have borne the pain of all.
2 Do we pass that cross unheeding,
Breathing no repentant vow,
Though we see you wounded, bleeding,
See your thorn-encircled brow?
Yet your sinless death has brought us
Life eternal, peace, and rest;
Only what your grace has taught us
Calms the sinner's deep distress.
3 Jesus, may our hearts be burning
With more fervent love for you;
May our eyes be ever turning
To behold your cross anew
Till in glory, parted never
From the blessed Savior's side,
Graven in our hearts forever,
Dwell the cross, the Crucified. Languages: English Tune Title: O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE
Jesus, Refuge of the Weary
Abide with Me
Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #272 (1978) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Comfort and Rest First Line: Abide with me, fast falls the eventide Lyrics: 1 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.
2 I need thy presence ev'ry passing hour;
What but thy grace can foil the tempter's pow'r?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me.
3 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O thou who changest not, abide with me.
4 I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me!
5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes,
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. Languages: English Tune Title: EVENTIDE
Abide with Me
When in the Hour of Deepest Need
Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878; Paul Eber, 1511-1569 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #303 (1978) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 When in the hour of deepest need
We know not where to look for aid;
When days and nights of anxious thought
No help or counsel yet have brought;
2 Our comfort then is this alone:
That we may meet before your throne
And cry to you, O faithful God,
For rescue from our sorry lot.
3 For you have made a promise true
To pardon those who flee to you,
Through him whose name alone is great,
Our Savior and our advocate.
4 And so we come, O God, today
And all our woes before you lay;
For sorely tried, cast down, we stand,
Perplexed by fears on ev'ry hand.
5 Oh, from our sins hide not your face;
Absolve us through your boundless grace!
Be with us in our anguish still!
Free us at last from ev'ry ill!
6 So we with all our hearts each day
To you our glad thanksgiving pay,
Then walk obedient to your Word,
And now and ever praise you, Lord. Languages: English Tune Title: WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN SEIN
When in the Hour of Deepest Need
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-77 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #412 (1982) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his
And he is mine forever.
2 Where streams of living water flow,
My ransomed soul he leadeth
And, where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.
3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love he sought me
And on his shoulder gently laid
And home rejoicing brought me.
4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill
With thee, dear Lord, beside me,
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy cross before to guide me.
5 Thou spreadst a table in my sight;
Thine unction grace bestoweth;
And, oh, what transport of delight
From thy pure chalice floweth!
6 And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never.
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
Within thy house forever. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. COLUMBA
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want
Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #416 (1982) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want;
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.
2 My soul he doth restore again
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E'en for his own name's sake.
3 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For thou art with me, and thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
4 My table thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.
5 Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God's house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be.
Languages: English Tune Title: BELMONT
The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #456 (1978) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his.
And he is mine forever.
2 Where streams of living water flow,
My ransomed soul he leadeth
And, where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.
3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love he sought me,
And on his shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.
4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill,
With thee, dear Lord, beside me,
Thy rod and staff my comfort still;
Thy cross before to guide me.
5 Thou spreadst a table in my sight;
Thine unction grace bestoweth;
And oh, what transport of delight
From thy pure chalice floweth!
6 And so, through all the length of days,
Thy goodness faileth never.
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
Within thy house forever. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. COLUMBA
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Abide with Me
Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #490 (1982) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Comfort and Rest First Line: Abide with me, fast falls the eventide Lyrics: 1 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.
2 I need thy presence ev'ry passing hour;
What but thy grace can foil the tempter's pow'r?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me.
3 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O thou who changest not, abide with me.
4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still if thou abide with me!
5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes,
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. Languages: English Tune Title: EVENTIDE
Abide with Me
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want
Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #522 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; he leadeth me
The quiet waters by.
2 My soul he doth restore again,
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E'en for his own Name's sake.
3 Yea, though I walk through death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear none ill;
For thou art with me; and thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
4 My table thou hast furnishèd
In presence of my foes;
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.
5 Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God's house for evermore
My dwelling-place shall be. Scripture: Psalm 23 Languages: English Tune Title: CRIMOND
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
Author: Henry Francis Lyte, 1793 - 1847 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #576 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide;
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O thou who changest not, abide with me.
3 I need thy presence every passing hour;
What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me. A-men.
4 I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me!
5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes,
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Amen, Languages: English Tune Title: EVENTIDE
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
Whate'er our God ordains is right
Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78; Samuel Rodigast, 1649 - 1708 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #582 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Whate’er our God ordains is right;
Holy his will abideth;
I will be still whate’er he doth,
And follow where he guideth.
He is my God;
Though dark my road,
He holds me that I shall not fall;
Wherefore to him I leave it all.
2 Whate’er our God ordains is right;
He never will deceive me;
He leads me by the proper path;
I know he will not leave me,
I take, content,
What he hath sent;
His hand can turn my griefs away,
And patiently I wait his day.
3 Whate’er our God ordains is right;
Though now this cup, in drinking,
May bitter seem to my faint heart,
I take it, all unshrinking;
Tears pass away
With dawn of day;
Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,
And pain and sorrow shall depart.
4 Whate’er our God ordains is right;
Here shall my stand be taken;
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet am I not forsaken;
My Father’s care
Is round me there;
He holds me that I shall not fall,
And so to Him I leave it all.
Languages: English Tune Title: WAS GOTT TUT
Whate'er our God ordains is right
Come, Holy Ghost, in love
Author: Ray Palmer, 1808-87 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #121 (1958) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Ghost, in love,
Shed on us from above
Thine own bright ray;
Divinely good thou art;
Thy sacred gifts impart
To gladden each sad heart;
O come today.
2 Come, tenderest friend and best,
Our most delightful guest,
With soothing power;
Rest, which the weary know,
Shade, 'mid the noontide glow,
Peace, when deep griefs overflow;
Cheer us, this hour. A-men.
3 Come, Light serene, and still
Our inmost bosoms fill;
Dwell in each breast;
We know no dawn but thine;
Send forth thy beams divine,
On our dark souls to shine,
And make us blest.
4 Come, all the faithful bless:
Let all, who Christ confess,
His praise employ;
Give virtue's rich reward;
Victorious death accord,
And, with our glorious Lord,
Eternal joy!
Amen.
Languages: English Tune Title: MALVERN
Come, Holy Ghost, in love
Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear
Author: John Keble, 1792 - 1866 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #226 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,
It is not night if thou be near;
O may no earth-born cloud arise
To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.
2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
Forever on my Saviour's breast.
3 Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without thee I cannot live;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without thee I dare not die. A-men.
4 If some poor wandering child of thine
Have spurned today the voice divine,
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
Let him no more lie down in sin.
5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor
With blessings from thy boundless store;
Be every mourner's sleep tonight
Like infant's slumbers, pure and light.
6 Come near and bless us when we wake,
Ere through the world our way we take,
Till in the ocean of thy love
We lose ourselves in heaven above.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: HURSLEY
Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear
Jesus, Priceless Treasure
Author: Johann Franck, 1618-77; Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #270 (1982) Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6 Topics: Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 Jesus, priceless treasure,
Source of purest pleasure,
Truest friend to me,
Long my heart was burning,
And my soul was yearning,
Lord, with you to be!
Yours I am, O spotless Lamb;
Nothing I'll allow to hide you,
Nothing ask beside you.
2 In your arms I rest me;
Foes who would molest me
Cannot reach me here.
Though the earth be shaking,
Ev'ry heart be quaking,
Jesus calms my fear.
Sin and hell in conflict fell
With their bitter storms assail me;
Jesus will not fail me.
3 Satan, I defy you;
Death, I now decry you;
Fear, I bid you cease.
World, you cannot harm me
Nor your threats alarm me
While I sing of peace.
God's great pow'r guards ev'ry hour;
Earth and all its depths adore him,
Silent bow before him.
4 Hence, all earthly treasure!
Jesus is my pleasure,
Jesus is my choice.
Hence, all empty glory!
What to me your story
Told with tempting voice?
Pain or loss or shame or cross
Shall not from my Savior move me
Since he deigns to love me.
5 Hence, all fears and sadness,
For the Lord of gladness,
Jesus, enters in.
Those who love the Father,
Though the storms may gather,
Still have peace within.
For, whate'er I must bear,
Still in you lies purest pleasure,
Jesus, priceless treasure! Languages: English Tune Title: JESU, MEINE FREUDE
Jesus, Priceless Treasure
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