Christ the Life of all the living
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”Christ the Life of all the living”
Christ, the life of all the living;
Christ, the death of death our foe;
Christ, for us yourself once giving
to the darkest depths of woe:
through your suffering, death, and merit,
life eternal we inherit;
Christ, the death of death our foe;
Christ, for us yourself once giving
to the darkest depths of woe:
through your suffering, death, and merit,
life eternal we inherit;
thousand, thousand thanks are due,
dearest Jesus, unto you.
dearest Jesus, unto you.
You have suffered great affliction
and have borne it patiently,
even death by crucifixion:
our atonement full and free.
Lord, you chose to be tormented,
that our doom should be prevented;
and have borne it patiently,
even death by crucifixion:
our atonement full and free.
Lord, you chose to be tormented,
that our doom should be prevented;
thousand, thousand thanks are due,
dearest Jesus, unto you.
dearest Jesus, unto you.
Lord, for all that bought our pardon,
for the sorrows deep and sore,
for the anguish in the garden,
we will thank you evermore.
For the victory of your dying—
sinful nature mortifying—
for the sorrows deep and sore,
for the anguish in the garden,
we will thank you evermore.
For the victory of your dying—
sinful nature mortifying—
thousand, thousand thanks are due,
dearest Jesus, unto you.
dearest Jesus, unto you.
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Christ the Life of all the living
Title:
Christ the Life of all the living
German Title:
Jesu, meines Lebens Leben
Author:
Ernst C. Homburg (1659)
Translator:
Catherine Winkworth
Meter:
8.7.8.7.8.8 with refrain
Language:
English
Refrain First Line:
thousand, thousand thanks are due
Copyright:
Public Domain
Tune Information
View on HymnaryTitle:
JESU, MEINES LEBENS LEBEN (11756)
Composer:
Christoph Anton (c. 1642); J. Neander
Meter:
8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7
Copyright:
Public Domain