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Ye Christians, pluck your courage up

Author: J. C. Jacobi; Joh. Gigas Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Used With Tune: [Ye Christians, pluck your courage up]

[Ye Christians, pluck your courage up]

Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Psalmodia Germanica Tune Key: b minor Incipit: 33123 45433 3212 Used With Text: Ye Christians, pluck your courage up

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Ye Christians, pluck your courage up

Author: J. C. Jacobi; Joh. Gigas Hymnal: Hymns of Praise, Sung by the Youth of the Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Congregation of Loonenburg ... Albany, N.Y. #d29 (1792) Hymnal Title: Hymns of Praise, Sung by the Youth of the Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Congregation of Loonenburg ... Albany, N.Y. Languages: English

Ye Christians, pluck your courage up

Hymnal: Psalmodia Germanica #192 (1732) Hymnal Title: Psalmodia Germanica Lyrics: I. Ye Christians, pluck your Courage up; Shake off your Souls' Oppression! If you'd avoid the gen'ral Cup Of God's own Visitation. Let us confess his Judgments just, And ADAM'S Sons but transient Dust; From Death none is exempted. II. Lord, we resign into thy Hands Our Body, Soul and Spirit: We come and go at thy Commands; Death is our real Merit. Whilst dwelling in this sinful Clay, Pain will attend us ev'ry Way; But Joy we hope hereafter. III. No Corn can yield the proper Fruit, Except 'tis sown and bury'd; Our Flesh must moulder to the Root, Before it can be carry'd To that unutterable Bliss, Where CHRIST, our blest Redeemer, is Prepar'd to meet his Lovers. IV. Why shou'd we dread the Thoughts of Death In daily Convesation, Being convin'd, by ev'ry Breath, Of our inconstant Station? Had we the good old SIMEON'S Sense, We'd joy with him to go from hence In th'Arms of our Redeemer. V. Our Breath infirm on God depends; From him's our Preservation; 'Tis he that Guardian-Angels sends To further our Salvation: And, as a Hen protects her Brood From Birds of prey, that seek their Blood, So doth the Lord his Children. VI. 'Wake or asleep, in Life or Death, We are in god's Possession: Baptiz'd in CHRIST, we're brought by Faith, T'approach God's Habitation: What we have lost in ADAM'S Fall, CHRIST has recover'd for us all; Prais'd be the Lord of Mercy. Topics: Death and Resurrection Languages: English Tune Title: [Ye Christians, pluck your courage up]

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Johann Christian Jacobi

1670 - 1750 Person Name: J. C. Jacobi Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Ye Christians, pluck your courage up" Jacobi, John Christian, a native of Germany, was born in 1670, and appointed Keeper of the Royal German Chapel, St. James's Palace, London, about 1708. He held that post for 42 years, and died Dec. 14, 1750. He was buried in the Church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. His publications included :— (1) A Collection of Divine Hymns, Translated from the High Dutch. Together with their Proper Tunes and Thorough Bass. London: Printed and Sold by J. Young, in St. Paul’s Churchyard; . . . 1720. This edition contains 15 hymns. Two years later this collection, with a few changes in the text and much enlarged, was republished as (2) Psalmodia Germanica; or a Specimen of Divine Hymns. Translated from the High Dutch. Together with their Proper Tunes and Thorough Bass. London: J. Young . 1722. This edition contained 62 hymns, of which 3 ("He reigns, the Lord our Saviour reigns"; "Is God withdrawing"? "Shepherds rejoice") and the first stanza of another ("Raise your devotion, mortal tongues," from "Hosannah to the Prince of Life") were taken from I. Watts. A second part was added in 1725, and was incorporated with the former part in 1732. London, G. Smith. After Jacobi's death the Psalmodia Germanica was republished, in 1765, by John Haberkorn, with a Supplement of 32 pieces. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)