Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant, From this life depart in peace (Schuette)

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Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant, From this life depart in peace (Schuette)

Author: C. H. L. Schuette
Tune: TONBRIDGE
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Lord, now let test Thou Thy servant
From this life depart in peace!
Praise be Thine, and blessings fervent,
For the wearied soul's release.

2 He who saw Thy great salvation,
With the eye of faith and love,
In this earthly habitation,
Walketh now by sight above!

3 Cares and crosses all are over,
Sin and sorrow overcome;
And the soul, Christ her Lover,
Hath at last been taken home.

4 While life's paths we still are pressing,
Grant us, Father, steadfast faith,
And, for Christ's sake, grant the blessing
Of a peaceful, Christian death.

Source: Evangelical Lutheran hymnal: with music #441

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Author: C. H. L. Schuette

Schuette, Conrad Herman Louis, was born at Vurrel. Hannover, Germany, June 17, 1843, and in 1873 became a Professor in the Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He contributed 5 original hymns and several translations from the German to the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal Columbus, Ohio, 1880, under the signature of "C. H. L. S." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant, From this life depart in peace (Schuette)
Author:	C. H. L. Schuette
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain