Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#60

60. Teaching in the Synagogue

1. Teaching in the synagogue,
With sacred scroll unfurled,
See this Son of Nazareth
Now preaching to the world.
News had spread of his renown,
And thus he spoke on Sabbath day,
Reading from Isaiah's script,
Fulfilled in what he'd say:

2. "Take forgiveness to the poor,
And sin shall thence depart;
By my balm, the sickness cure,
Bind up the broken hearts;
By my salve of gospel grace,
The eyes anoint, the sight restore;
In my mercy's arms embrace,
Then go and sin no more."

3. Speak, divine Interpreter,
Your own prophetic word;
All my list'ning soul shall hear
And hang upon its Lord.
Fix my eye of faith on you,
From whom it never shall remove,
Till your glorious face I see
And hear your voice above.

4. Be it, Lord, in me fulfilled
On this momentous day;
By your blood-bought pardon sealed,
Pray, take my sins away.
In paths of righteousness
Teach by th'anointing from above;
Save me, Jesus, through your grace
And rule me by your love.

Text Information

• First Line: Teaching in the synagogue
• Title: Teaching in the Synagogue
• Author (stanza 1): Chris Fenner (2023)
• Author: Charles Wesley (1766)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.8.7.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Luke 4:16-21
  ;
  Isaiah 61:1-2
• Topic: Epiphany
• Copyright: Stanza 1 ©2023 Chris Fenner
• Notes: Text st. 1 by Chris Fenner for this setting (©2023), sts. 2–4 by Charles Wesley, founder of Methodism, from a manuscript of hymns on Luke (1766), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: AMSTERDAM
• Composer: Johann Georg Hille (1739)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.8.7.6
• Incipit: 15123 23456 5432
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: arr. A Collection of Hymns for . . . Methodists, with Tunes, 1877
• Notes: Tune AMSTERDAM by Johann Georg Hille, from Einige neue und zur Zeit noch nicht durchgängig bekante Melodeyen zu dem neuen Cöthenischen Gesangbüchlein (1739), arr. as in A Collection of Hymns for . . . Methodists, with Tunes (1877).