Text: | Jesus! shall our watch-word be |
Author: | Benjamin Schmolck |
Translator: | James Drummond Burns |
Tune: | SAXONY (Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht) |
Composer: | Andreas Hammerschmidt |
1 Jesus! shall our watchword be,
As the New Year's dawn spreads o'er us;
Jesus' Name alone will we
As our standard bear before us;
In His cov'nant grace we stand,
Journeying to the promised land.
2 Jesus' Name and Jesus' Word
Shall resound in fullest measure
In our churches, and be heard.
May we tread His courts with pleasure,
That our hearts, through grace anew,
Prove a holy temple too.
3 Thus our pathways would we tread,
And in Jesus' Name confide us;
While this Star guides over head,
Nothing evil can betide us;
In its light of grace and love
Blessings come from heaven above.
4 Jesus' Name shall lighten pain,
And in all our ills relieve us;
Losses thus shall turn to gain,
And to blessings what seemed grievous;
Jesus' Name is Sun and Shield,
Here must all our sorrows yield.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus! shall our watch-word be |
Author: | Benjamin Schmolck (1726) |
Translator: | James Drummond Burns (1869) |
Meter: | No. 22 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1908 |
Topic: | New Year: Festival of the Circumcision; The Church Year: New Year; New Year's Day |
Notes: | From the German text: Jesus soll die Losung sein |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SAXONY (Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht) |
Composer: | Andreas Hammerschmidt (1658) |
Meter: | No. 22 |
Key: | C Major |