Church Book ‎#455

455. Ah, this heart is void and chill

1 Ah, this heart is void and chill,
'Mid earth's noisy thronging;
For the Father's mansions still
Earnestly is longing.

2 O to be at home, and gain
All for which we're sighing;
From all earthly want and pain
To be swiftly flying!

3 With this load of sin and care
Then no longer bending,
But with waiting angels there
On our Lord attending!

4 Ah, how blessed, blessed they
Who have rightly striven,
And rejoin eternally
With their Lord in heaven!

Text Information

• First Line: Ah, this heart is void and chill
• German Title: Ach, uns wird das Herz so leer
• Translator: Jane Borthwick (1853)
• Author: Charles John Spitta (ab. 1828)
• Meter: 7, 6. Trochaic
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: The Heavenly Spirit; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday; Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Seventh Sunday after Trinity

Tune Information

• Name: BORTHWICK
• Meter: 7, 6. Trochaic
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Composer from index: C. E. F. Weyse, 1838