1 Jesu, bittend kommen wir
mit den Deinen jetzt zu dir;
hör' auf unser kindlich flehn,
was wir bitten, laß geschehn!
2 Jesu,ziehe bei uns ein,
laß uns ganz dein eigen sein;
schenk uns allen deien Geist,
den dein teures Wort verheißt.
3 Laß dein wort zu dieser Zeit
kräftig schallen weit und breit;
allen Heiden werde kund
deiner Gnade Friedensbund!
4 Tu der Völker Türen auf;
deines Himmelreiches Lauf
hemme keine List noch Macht;
schaffe Licht in dunkler Nacht!
5 Gib den Boten Kraft und Mut,
Glaubenshoffnung, Liebesglut;
laß viel Früchte deiner Gnad;
folgen ihrer Tränensaat!
6 Zion, danke deinem Herrn!
Was du bittest, tut er gern;
ja, er kommt mit seinem Reich:
was ist seinen Freuden gleich?
Source: Missionsfestlieder #21
Bahnmaier, Jonathan Friedrich, son of J. G. Bahnmaier, Town Preacher at Oberstenfeld, near Bottwar, Württemberg, was born at Oberstenfeld, July 12, 1774. After completing his studies at Tübingen, his first appointment was, in 1798, as assistant to his father. He became Diaconus at Marbach on the Neckar in 1806, and at Ludwigsburg in 1810, where he was for a time the head of a young ladies' school. In 1815 he was appointed Professor of Education and Homiletics at Tübingen, but in the troublous times that followed had to resign his post. He received in 1819 the appointment of Decan and Town Preacher at Kirchheim-unter-Teck, where he continued as a faithful, unwearied, and successful worker for 21 years. He was distinguished as a preacher,… Go to person page >
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