Text:Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Author (ascribed to):Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373)
Translator:Percy Dearmer (1867-1936)
Translator:Charles William Humphreys (1840--1921)
Tune:ACH GOTT UND HERR
Harmonizer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

463. 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 clamour never waken.

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

3 The feet that tread thy holy courts
from light do thou not banish;
the bodies by thy Body fed
with thy new life replenish.

Text Information
First Line: Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Translator: Percy Dearmer (1867-1936)
Translator: Charles William Humphreys (1840--1921)
Author (ascribed to): Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373)
Meter: 87 87
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ;
Topic: Church: Worship; Discipleship; Holy Communion (1 more...)
Source: Teaching-hymn
Tune Information
Name: ACH GOTT UND HERR
Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Meter: 87 87
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Melody in Neu-Leipziger Gesangbuch, 1682



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