Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#78

78. Jesus, Saviour, Son of God

1 Jesus, Saviour, Son of God,
Bearer of the sinner's load,
Breaker of the captive's chain,
Cleanser of the guilty's stain.

2 Thou the sinner's death hast died,
Thou for us wast crucified:
For our sins Thy flesh was torn,
Thou our penalty hast borne.

3 Saviour, Surety, Lamb of God,
Thou hast bought us with Thy Blood;
Thou hast wiped the debt away,
Nothing left for us to pay;

4 Nothing left for us to bear,
Nothing left for us to share
But the pardon and the bliss,
But the love, the light, the peace.

5 I to Thee will look and live,
And, in looking, praises give;
Looking lightens, looking heads,
Looking all the gladness seals.

6 Jesus, Saviour, Son of God,
Bearer of the sinner's load,
I would rise to Thee above,
I would look, and praise, and love.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, Saviour, Son of God
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1861. a)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church Year: Lent
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: AUS DER TIEFE RUFE ICH
• Harmonizer: J. F. Ohl (1915)
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7
• Key: d minor
• Source: Nürnberg Gesangbuch, 1676
• Notes: Public Domain.