Church Book ‎#371

371. I thirst, Thou wounded Lamb of God

1 I thirst, Thou wounded Lamb of God,
To wash me in Thy cleansing Blood;
To dwell within Thy wounds; then pain
Is sweet, and life or death is gain.

2 Take this poor heart, and let it be
For ever closed to all but Thee!
Seal Thou my breast, and let me wear
That pledge of love for ever there.

3. How blest are they who still abide,
Close sheltered in Thy bleeding side!
Who life and strength from Thee derive,
And by Thee move, and in Thee live!

4 What are our works but sin and death,
Till Thou Tthy quickening Spirit breathe?
Thou giv’st the power Thy grace to move;
O wondrous grace! O boundless Love!

5 How can it be, Thou heavenly King,
That Thou shouldst us to glory bring;
Make slaves the partners of Thy throne,
Decked with a never-fading crown?

6 Ah Lord, enlarge our scanty thought,
To know the wonders Thou hast wrought;
Unloose our stammering tongues, to tell
Thy Love immense, unsearchable!

Text Information

• First Line: I thirst, Thou wounded Lamb of God
• German Title: Ach mein verwundter Fürst
• Translator: John Wesley (1740)
• Author: N. L. v. Zinzendorf (1737)
• Author: John Nitschmann (1737)
• Author: Anna Nitschmann (1737)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Order of Salvation: Faith and Justification; Sundays in Lent; Lent, Second Sunday; Lent, Fifth Sunday; Passion Week; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

Tune Information

• Name: FRANKFORT
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Source from index: Frankfort Collection