Opening Songs
Blessed Jesus at Thy Word
- Words:
- verses 1-3, Tobias Clausnitzer, 1663. verse 4, unknown author. Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1858.
- Music:
- 'Liebster Jesu wir Sind Hier' Johann Rudolph Ahle, 1664.
- Setting:
- Fridrich Layriz, 1854.
- Metre:
- 7 8 7 8 8 8
- 1Blessed Jesus, at Thy WordWe are gathered all to hear Thee;Let our hearts and souls be stirredNow to seek and love and fear Thee,By Thy teachings sweet and holy,Drawn from earth to love Thee solely.
- 2All our knowledge, sense, and sightLie in deepest darkness shrouded,Til Thy Spirit breaks our nightWith the beams of truth unclouded;Thou alone to God canst win us;Thou must work all good within us.
- 3Glorious Lord, Thyself impart!Light of light, from God proceeding,Open Thou our ears and heart;Help us by Thy Spirit's pleading;Hear the cry Thy people raises;Hear and bless our prayers and praises.
- 4Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,Praise to Thee and adoration!Grant that we Thy Word may trustAnd obtain true consolation,While we here below must wander,Till we sing Thy praises yonder.
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- The words are in 153 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Liebster Jesu wir Sind Hier, is in 2 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.