Consecration
Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart
- Words:
- Martin Schalling, circa 1571. Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1858.
- Music:
- 'Herzlich Lieb hab ich Dich O Herr' Strassburg, 1577.
- Setting:
- "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book", 1931.
- Metre:
- 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 4 8
- 1Lord, Thee I love with all my heart;I pray Thee, ne'er from me depart;With tender mercy cheer me.Earth has no pleasure I would share,Yea, Heav'n itself were void and bareIf Thou, Lord, wert not near me.And should my heart for sorrow break,My trust in Thee can nothing shake.Thou art the portion I have sought;Thy precious blood my soul has bought.Lord Jesus Christ, My God and Lord,my God and Lord,Forsake me not! I trust Thy Word.
- 2Yea, Lord, 'twas Thy rich bounty gaveMy body, soul, and all I haveIn this poor life of labor.Lord, grant that I in every placeMay glorify Thy lavish graceAnd serve and help my neighbor.Let no false doctrine me beguile,Let Satan not my soul defile.Give strength and patience unto meTo bear my cross and follow Thee.Lord Jesus Christ, My God and Lord,my God and Lord,In death Thy comfort still afford.
- 3Lord, let at last Thine angels come,To Abr'am's bosom bear me home,That I may die unfearing;And in its narrow chamber keepMy body safe in peaceful sleepUntil Thy reappearing.And then from death awaken me,That these mine eyes with joy may see,O Son of God, Thy glorious face,My Savior and my fount of grace.Lord Jesus Christ, My prayer attend,my prayer attend,And I will praise Thee without end!
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- The words are in 9 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Herzlich Lieb hab ich Dich O Herr, is in 32 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.