Zion's Harp
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226. GOLGOTHA

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​Author:  Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769)
Music Source:  Johann Balthasar König's Harmonisches Lieder-Schatz, Frankfurt, Germany, 1738

​1. Sit and pause awhile, my spirit,
    This great miracle behold;
    See the King of highest merit
    On the cross, so bare and cold!
    Out of heaven God has given
    His own Son in love untold!
 
2. That your Saviour loves you dearly,
    He upon the cross has proved,
    Where in torments most severely
    He from God was far removed.
    In His anguish He must languish
    For the sinful men He loved.
 
3. Thus His soul of God forsaken,
    Filled with sorrow to its depth,
    And His flesh is likewise shaken,
    Tortured unto His last breath;
    All His vigor, all His power
    Is exhausted unto death.
 
4. These, the fruits of our transgression,
    Fell unto Thee, Saviour dear,
    While this wrathful condemnation
    We deserved as sinners here.
    These afflictions and convictions
    We unworthy ones should bear.
 
5. Yet Thy suff’ring has defeated
    Satan’s pow’r, yea, death and hell;
    Through Thy death Thou hast completed
    Thy dear heav’nly Father’s will,
    Thus is given to us even
    Life eternal to fulfill.
 
6. In humility, dear Saviour,
    Thou for me, I know, hast died;
    Though I was Thy foe, Redeemer,
    Thou for me wast crucified.
    Silence keep I, humbly weep I!
    Thus through Thee I’m justified!
 
7. Thou, Lord, hast for me devoted
    Soul and body, life and all;
    So there shall be consecrated
    All I have, both great and small,
    All my efforts and endeavor
    To Thy service and Thy call.
 
8. Through the power of Thy dying,
    Into Thy death, Lord, draw me;
    Let my body, all my being,
    There be nailed, Lord, with Thee;
    Calm and gentle may my will be;
    To my love give purity!

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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
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements