Closing Songs
In Peace and Joy I Now Depart
- Words:
- Martin Luther, 1524. Translated by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, 1884, alt.
- Music:
- 'Mit Fried und Freud ich Far Dahin' from Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524.
- Setting:
- Michael Praetorius, 1610.
- Metre:
- 8 5 8 4 7 7
- 1In peace and joy I now departAt God's disposing;For full of comfort is my heart,Soft reposing.So the Lord hath promised me,And death is but a slumber.
- 2'Tis Christ that wrought this work for me,My faithful Savior,Whom Thou hast made mine eyes to seeBy Thy favor.Now I know He is my Life,My Help in need and dying.
- 3Him Thou hast unto all set forthTheir great SalvationAnd to His kingdom called the earth,Every nation,By Thy dear and wholesome Word,In every place resounding.
- 4He is the Hope and saving LightOf lands benighted;By Him are they who dwelt in nightFed and lighted.He is Israel's Praise and Bliss,Their Joy, Reward, and Glory.
Scripture
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 8 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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.