Text: | Jesus, Thou Divine Companion |
Author: | Henry van Dyke, 1852-1933 |
Tune: | HYFRYDOL |
Composer: | Rowland H. Prichard, 1811-1887 |
1 Jesus, Thou divine Companion,
By Thy lowly human birth
Thou hast come to join the workers,
Burden-bearers of the earth.
Thou, the Carpenter of Naz'reth,
Toiling for Thy daily food,
By Thy patience and Thy courage
Thou have taught us work is good.
2 They who tread the path of labor
Follow where Thy feet have trod;
They who work without complaining
Do the holy will of God.
Thou, the peace that passes knowledge,
Dwelling in the daily strife;
Thou, the Bread of heav'n, art broken
In the sacrament of life.
3 Every task, however simple,
Sets the soul that does it free;
Every deed of human kindness
Done to man is done to Thee.
Jesus, Thou divine Companion,
Help us all to work our best;
Bless us in our daily labor,
Lead us to our Sabbath rest.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, Thou divine Companion |
Title: | Jesus, Thou Divine Companion |
Author: | Henry van Dyke, 1852-1933 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Christ: Humanity of; Christ: Life and Ministry; Labor Day(1 more...) |
Copyright: | From "The Poems of Henry van Dyke;" copyright 1911 by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939 by Tertius van Dyke. Reprinted by permission of the publishers |
Notes: | Now Public Domain; Alternate tune: BEECHER No. 351 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HYFRYDOL |
Composer: | Rowland H. Prichard, 1811-1887 |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | Music from "The English Hymnal" By permission of Oxford University Press |