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And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Herr, Du bist vorangegangen

Representative Text

1 Herr, Du bist vorangegangen,
Unsre Stätte ist bereit,
Kommst zurück, uns zu empfangen,
Und zu enden alles Leid.
Eh' noch die Gerichte toben,
Werden wir zu Dir erhoben,
Eh' der Tag des Zorns erscheint,
Hast Du uns mit Dir vereint.

2 Stärk uns jetzt auf Deinem Pfade,
Daß wir treu Dir folgen nach,
Nicht versäumen Deine Gnade;
Halt uns nüchtern, halt uns wach!
Bis zu jenem neuen Morgen,
Wo die Güter, jetzt verborgen,
Unsre Herzen stets erfreun,
Und wir ew'ges Lob Dir weihn.

Source: Glaubenslieder #71

Author: Carl Brockhaus, 1822-1899

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Text Information

First Line: Herr, Du bist vorangegangen
Author: Carl Brockhaus, 1822-1899
Language: German
Publication Date: 2001
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 2001.

Tune

[Jesu, meines Lebens Leben] (11756)

The composer of the tune is unknown; it was first published in Das grosse Cantional: oder Kirchen-Gesangbuch (Darmstadt, 1687) to the text "Alle Menschen mussen sterben" by J. G. Albinus; some Baroque organ works are associated with that text. The tune became associated with Homburg's text since the…

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Glaubenslieder #71

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