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155. PARTING HYMN

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​Author:  Karl Philipp Spitta (1801-1859)
​Composer:  Melchior Teschner, 1613 (1584-1635)

1. Why should ye all be weeping
    And break my very heart?
    We’re in the Saviour’s keeping
    And shall not therefore part.
    No time nor place can sever
    The bonds which us have bound;
    In Christ abide forever,
    Who once in Him were found.
 
2. As though to part forever
    We press each other’s hands;
    And yet no pow’r can sever
    Our love’s eternal bands.
    We look quite brokenhearted
    And sob our last farewell,
    And yet cannot be parted,
    For we in Jesus dwell.
 
3. We say: “I here, you yonder;
    You go and I remain,”
    And yet are not asunder,
    But links of one great chain.
    In tones of deep affection,
    “Our ways part here,” we say,
    Yet go in one direction
    And in the selfsame way.
 
4. Then let us cease from weeping
    And moderate our woe,
    For we are in Christ’s keeping
    With whom we always go.
    Thus under His protection
    We’re led by His sure hand,
    And in the same direction
    To the same Fatherland.
 
5. Then not to parting’s sorrows
    We dedicate this hour,
    But to renew our union
    With Christ, our rock and tow’r.
    If faith in Him unite us,
    Though parting gives us pain,
    It cannot disunite us
    For we in Him remain.

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements