1 Ore wo l’ani bi Jesu, ti o ru banuje wa!
Anfani wo lo po bayi lati ma gbadura si!
Alafia pupo l’a nsonu, a si ti je rora po,
Tori a ko fi gbogbo nkan s’adura niwaju re.
2 Idanwo ha wa fun wa bi? A ha nni wahala bi?
A ko gbodo so ’reti nu; sa gbadura si Oluwa.
Ko s’oloto orebi re ti ole ba wa daro,
Jesu ti mo ailera wa; sa gbadura s’Oluwa.
3 Eru ha nwo wa l’orun bi, aniyan ha po fun wa?
Olugbala je abo wa, sa gbadura s’Oluwa.
Awon ore ha sa o ti? Sa gbadura s’Oluwa.
Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be di… Go to person page >
Translator: Anonymous
In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >
CONVERSE (also "Erie", named for the city in Pennsylvania where the composer lived for many years) was written in 1868 and published two years later in his Silver Wings under the pseudonym Karl Reden. The tune has also been called "Friendship."
–Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship
Display Title: Ore Wo L'aini Bi JesuFirst Line: Ore wo l’ani bi Jesu, ti o ru banuje wa!Tune Title: ERIEAuthor: Anonymous; Joseph M. ScrivenMeter: 87.87 D
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