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227. TO MY REDEEMER

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​Author:  Johann Scheffler, 1657 (1624-1677)​
​Composer:  Unknown

​1. Thee will I love, Oh, love eternal,
    Thy heart for me in death did break.
    Will love Thee out of purest motive
    Sincerely, true, though poor and weak.
    Thee will I love, Oh, light divine,
    So long as ever life is mine.
 
2. Thee will I love, my life, my Saviour,
    Who is my best and truest friend;
    Thee will I love and praise forever
    While light and life to me are lent.
    Thee will I love, Oh, Lamb of God,
    Whose suff’ring my redemption brought.
 
3. Alas! that I so late have known Thee
    Who art the fairest and the best!
    Nor sooner for my own select Thee,
    Thou highest God and only rest!
    I must repent and sorely grieve,
    For this my loathness to believe.
 
4. I wandered long in willing blindness;
    I sought Thee but I found Thee not.
    For still I shunned Thy beams of kindness;
    An earthly light filled all my thought.
    But thro’ Thy love I see Thee now,
    For Thou in grace to me didst bow.
 
5. I thank Thee, Jesus, sun from heaven,
    Whose shining beams brought light to me!
    I thank Thee, who hast richly given
    All that could make me glad and free!
    I thank Thee for Thy holy Word,
    Which said to me: Be thou restored!
 
6. Oh, keep me watchful then, and humble,
    And suffer me no more to stray;
    Uphold me when my feet would stumble,
    Nor let me loiter by the way.
    Fill soul and body with Thy light
    Oh, heav’nly radiance strong and bright!
 
7. Gush from mine eyes, ye tears most holy;
    Burn in my heart, coals from above!
    Yea, let my soul endeavor solely
    To practice faithfulness and love!
    Yea, let my heart and soul and mind
    Still turn to Thee, their rest to find!
 
8. Thee will I love, my crown of gladness;
    Thee will I love, my God and Lord,
    Amid the darkest depth of sadness,
    Without a hope of earth’s reward.
    And though my flesh and heart decay,
    Thee will I love in endless day!

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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
    • Гарфа Сіону - 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