Laudes Domini ‎#581

581. "Into thine hand"

1 When my last hour is close at hand,
My last and journey taken,
Do thou, Lord Jesus! by me stand;
Let me not be forsaken:
O Lord! my spirit I resign
Into thy loving hands divine;
'Tis safe within thy keeping.

2 Countless as sands upon the shore,
My sins may then appall me;
Yet, though my conscience vex me sore,
Despair shall not enthrall me;
For as I draw my latest breath,
I'll think, Lord Christ! upon thy death;
And there find consolation.

3 I shall not in the grave remain,
Since thou death's bonds hast severed:
By hope with thee to rise again,
From fear of death delivered,
I'll come to thee, where'er thou art,--
Live with thee, from thee never part;
Therefore I die in rapture.

4 And so to Jesus Christ I'll go,
My longing arms extending;
So fall asleep in slumber deep,
Slumber that knows no ending;
Till Jesus Christ, God's only Son,
Opens the gates of bliss, leads on
To heaven, to life eternal.

Text Information

• First Line: When my last hour is close at hand
• Title: "Into thine hand"
• Translator: Edgar A. Bowring
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Numbers 23:10
  ;
  Psalm 17:15
  ;
  Mark 16:3
  ;
  Acts 7:59
  ;
  1 Thessalonians 4:14
• Topic: Asleep in Jesus; Death

Tune Information

• Name: JUDGMENT
• Meter: P. M.
• Key: A Major
• Source: P. Klug's Gesangbuch