Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#286

286. Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands

1 Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
That holy things have taken;
Let ears that now have heard thy songs
To clamor never waken.

2 Lord, may the tongues which 'Holy' sang
Keep free from all deceiving;
The eyes which saw thy love be bright,
Thy blessed hope perceiving.

3 The feet that tread thy hallowed courts
From light do thou not banish;
The bodies by thy body fed
With thy new life replenish.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: Sacraments and Rites: Post-Communion
• Source: Syriac, Liturgy of Malabar ; Tr. English Hymnal, 1906
• Copyright: Words from The English Hymnal by permission of The Oxford University Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ACH GOTT UND HERR
• Adapter & Harmonizer: J. S. Bach, 1685 - 1750
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7.
• Key: A Major
• Source: As Hymnodus Sacer, 1625