Trésor Incomparable

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1 Trésor incomparable,
Tendre et fidèle ami!
Toi qui seul fus capable
De vaincre l’ennemi!
Garde par ta puissance
Nos esprits et nos cœurs,
Toi qui, par ta présence,
Nous remplis de bonheur.

2 Délice de la vie,
Incorruptible pain,
Duquel se rassasie
Notre âme dans sa faim!
Dans la faiblesse extrême
Ta vertu s’accomplit;
Et dans l’épreuve même
Ta voix nous réjouit.

3 Ô Sauveur plein de grâce!
Donne-nous chaque jour
En contemplant ta face
De goûter ton amour.
Sans sa douce influence,
La vie est une mort;
Jouir de ta présence
Est le plus heureux sort.

4 Jésus, notre richesse,
Notre seul vrai bonheur,
Puisqu’en notre faiblesse
Tu nous gardes, Seigneur,
À nos cœurs l’Adversaire
Ne peut ravir la paix,
Ni de l’amour du Père
Nous séparer jamais.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14104

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Author: Salomon Liscovius

Liscovius, Salomo, son of Johann Liscovius, or Lischkow, pastor at Niemitsch, near Guben, was born at Niemitsch, Oct. 25, 1640. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1660, and then went to Wittenberg, where he graduated M.A., and was crowned as a poet. Shortly thereafter he was appointed pastor at Otterwisch with Stockheim, near Lausigk, and ordained to this post April 21, 1664. He was then, on March 29, 1685, appointed second pastor of St. Wenceslaus's church, at Wurzen. He died at Wurzen, Dec. 5, 1689. (Koch, iii. 385; Rotermund's continuation of Jöcher's Gelehrten-Lexikon, iii. 1950, &c.) Liscovius was one of the best German hymn-writers of the second rank in the 17th century. That is, though his hymns are not lacking in intensity, i… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Trésor incomparable
Title:	Trésor Incomparable
Author:	Salomon Liscovius
Source:	Chant morave
Language:	French
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ST. THEODULPH (Teschner)

Now often named ST. THEODULPH because of its association with this text, the tune is also known, especially in organ literature, as VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN. It was composed by Melchior Teschner (b. Fraustadt [now Wschowa, Poland], Silesia, 1584; d. Oberpritschen, near Fraustadt, 1635) for "Valet wi…

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