3 ക്ഷീണിതന് ഞാനത്രേ ശുശ്രൂഷചെയ്യുവാന്
അതിനുള്ള ശക്തി ധൈര്യം കേവലം തുച്ഛമേ
നീ നയിച്ചീടാതെ നയിക്കാന് ഞാന് ആക
നിന് ശ്വാസം മാത്രംമൂലം എന് കൊടി പറക്കുമേ
4 എന്ഹിതം ഇനി-മേല് നിന് ഇഷ്ടം ആകട്ടെ
രാജാവായി തീര്ന്നെന്നാലും കിരീടം നിന് സ്വന്തം
വന് പോരിന് മദ്ധ്യേയും വിളങ്ങുമേയത്
നിന് മാറിടത്തില് ചേരുമ്പോള് തന് ജീവന് കണ്ടെത്തും
Matheson, George, D.D., was born at Glasgow, March 27, 1842, and although deprived of his eyesight in youth he passed a brilliant course at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated M.A. in 1862. In 1868 he became the parish minister at Innellan; and subsequently of St. Bernard's, Edinburgh. He was the Baird Lecturer in 1881, and St. Giles Lecturer in 1882. He has published several important prose works. His poetical pieces were collected and published in 1890 as Sacred Songs, Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. In addition to his hymn "O Love that wilt not let me go" (q. v.), four others from his Sacred Songs are in Dr. A. C. Murphey's Book of Common Song, Belfast, 1890.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >
Translator: Simon Zachariah
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Composed for Bridges's text by George J. Elvey (PHH 48), DIADEMATA was first published in the 1868 Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern. Since that publication, the tune has retained its association with this text. The name DIADEMATA is derived from the Greek word for "crowns."
The tune is lively an…
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