ELHB Hymn 529
For me to live is Jesus
Anna von Stolberg
Hymn Text
529. For me to live is Jesus
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1 For me to live is Jesus,
To die is gain for me,
To Him I gladly yield me,
And die right cheerfully.
To die is gain for me,
To Him I gladly yield me,
And die right cheerfully.
2 From hence I go with gladness
To Christ my Brother's side,
That I may soon be with Him,
And e'er with Him abide.
To Christ my Brother's side,
That I may soon be with Him,
And e'er with Him abide.
3 I have o'ercome life's crosses;
Grief, pain, and sorrow cease;
Through His five wounds most holy
With God I am at peace.
Grief, pain, and sorrow cease;
Through His five wounds most holy
With God I am at peace.
4 When all my powers are breaking,
My breath comes heavily,
Nor word more I can utter,
Lord, hear my sighs to Thee!
My breath comes heavily,
Nor word more I can utter,
Lord, hear my sighs to Thee!
5 When reason, sense, and thinking,
Fail like a flickering light,
That to and fro doth waver
Ere 'tis extinguished quite:
Fail like a flickering light,
That to and fro doth waver
Ere 'tis extinguished quite:
6 Then let me softly, gently,
Lord, fall asleep in Thee,
When by Thy will and counsel
My last hour comes to me.
Lord, fall asleep in Thee,
When by Thy will and counsel
My last hour comes to me.
7 As to the oak the ivy,
So let me cleave to Thee,
And live in heavenly glory
With Thee eternally.
So let me cleave to Thee,
And live in heavenly glory
With Thee eternally.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #529