619. Strengthen for service, Lord

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
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
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)



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