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Text:Lord, Thine image Thou hast lent me
Author:Johann Scheffler (Angelus Silesius)
Translator:John Christian Jacobi
Tune:LOVE EVERLASTING (Liebe, die du mich zum Bilde)

286. Lord, Thine image Thou hast lent me

1 Lord, Thine image Thou hast lent me,
In Thy never-fading Love;
I was fallen, Thou wast sent me,
My redemption from above.
Sacred Love, I long to be
Thine to all eternity!

2 Love, Thou hast for me enduréd
All the pain of death and hell;
Nay, Thy sufferings have procuréd
More for me than tongue can tell:
Love almighty and divine,
I would be for ever Thine!

3 Love, my Life, and my Salvation,
Light and Truth, eternal Word!
Thou alone dost consolation
To my sinking soul afford.
Sacred Love, I long to be
Thine to all eternity!

4 Love, in mercy, Thou wilt raise me
From the grave of sin and dust;
Love, I shall for ever praise Thee,
When in heaven among the just;
Love almighty and divine,
May I be forever Thine!

Text Information
First Line: Lord, Thine image Thou hast lent me
Author: Johann Scheffler (Angelus Silesius) (1657)
Translator: John Christian Jacobi (1720)
Meter: No. 29
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Catechism: The Redeemer; Sunday after Christmas; Quinquagesima (1 more...)
Notes: Alternate Tune: KÖNIGSBERG, #293; From the German text: Liebe, die du mich zum bilde
Tune Information
Name: LOVE EVERLASTING (Liebe, die du mich zum Bilde)
Meter: No. 29
Key: C Major



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