Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church ‎#436

436. Our God Is Truth

1 Our God is truth, most faithful is His Word;
Beyond thy strength He’ll suffer no temptation;
In all thy need He’ll aid to thee afford;
A Father’s love may be thy consolation;
O hear His voice in such kind accents cheer!
Why shouldst thou fear?

2 Then hope in God, on Him cast all thy care,
Thy Father ne’er will leave His child in danger;
He knows thy case, O why shouldst thou despair?
To all thy grief thy Savior is no stranger;
He hears thy sigh; to Him tell thy complaint;
Why shouldst thou faint?

3 ‘Tis thus we follow Christ: who Him receive
Through tribulation must God’s Kingdom enter;
Art thou His child, and dost thou not believe?
Thou, too, must bear thy cross, on trials venture.
Christ’s suffering shares the true-born child of God
On life’s rough road.

4 Thy Savior’s feet have trod the thorny way,
The Cross lay o’er His path to heavenly gladness;
‘Twas sorrow first, then joy; ‘twas night, then day;
Remember Him, thy Lord, amid thy sadness;
Endure thy cross, with patience run thy race—
Thy strength, His grace.

Text Information

• First Line: Our God is truth, most faithful is His Word
• Title: Our God Is Truth
• Author: Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt, 1675-1723 (1704)
• Translator: Bennet Harvey, Jr. (1869)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: The Life In Christ: Pilgrimage

Tune Information

• Name: ER WIRD ES TUN
• Composer: Christian Gregor, 1723-1801 (1784)
• Meter: 10.11.10.11.10.4 Iambic
• Key: D Major

Tune Information:

(112, B)