Text: | Strengthen for service, Lord |
Author: | Ephraim the Syrian, c. 306-373 |
Translator: | Charles William Hymphreys, 1840-1921 |
Translator: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
Tune: | ACH GOTT UND HERR |
Adapter: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 |
1 Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
that holy things have taken;
let ears that now have heard thy songs
to clamour never waken.
2 Lord, may the tongues which 'Holy' sang
keep free from all deceiving;
the eyes which saw thy love be bright,
thy blessèd hope perceiving.
3 The feet that tread thy holy courts
from light do thou not banish;
the bodies by thy Body fed
with thy new life replenish.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands |
Title: | Strengthen for service, Lord |
Author: | Ephraim the Syrian, c. 306-373 |
Translator: | Charles William Hymphreys, 1840-1921 |
Translator: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Topic: | Final Hymn; Holy Communion |
Source: | Syriac Liturgy |
Copyright: | © Oxford University Press |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ACH GOTT UND HERR |
Adapter: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Key: | A Major |
Source: | "Neu-Leipziger Gesangbuch" (1682) |
Notes: | A higher setting will be found at No. 575 (Tune 2) |