Vivre De Toi

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Vivre de toi, source de tout bonheur

Author: César Malan
Tune: [Vivre de toi, source de tout bonheur]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Vivre de toi, source de tout bonheur,
Nous réjouir à ta lumière,
Te voir pour nous auprès du Père,
Quel doux repos, Jésus, pour notre cœur!

2 L’amour de Dieu nous a donné Jésus,
Et par Jésus la paix fut faite;
De la justice satisfaite
Les droits sur nous ne s’exigeront plus.

3 Oh! quel bonheur! Seigneur, par ta bonté,
L’accès aux cieux nous est facile;
Et le chrétien, d’un cœur tranquille,
S’y rend heureux, car il est racheté.

4 Seigneur Jésus, ne t’aimerions-nous pas?
Toi qui donnas pour nous ta vie,
Toi dont la tendresse infinie
Vient chaque jour au-devant de nos pas?

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14119

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Author: César Malan

Rv Henri Abraham Cesar Malan, 1787-1864. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, into a bourgeois family that moved to Switzerland to escape religious persecution during the French Revolution, he attended the university in Marseilles, France, intending to become a businessman. Although having some grounding in religious faith by his mother, he decided to attend the Academy at Geneva (founded by Calvin) in preparation for ministry. He was ordained in 1810, after being appointed a college master (teaching Latin) in 1809. Malan was in accord with the National Church of Geneva as a Unitarian, but the Reveil Movement caused him to become a dissident (evangelical) instead of a proponent of the Reformed Church (believing works, not faith, was what mattere… Go to person page >

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