Redeemer
The Galilean Fishers Toil
- Words:
- Christopher Wordsworth, 1865, alt.
- Music:
- 'Old 137th' or 'Norwich' from Day's Psalter, 1563.
- Setting:
- "The Holy Year", 1865.
- Metre:
- 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
- 1The Galilean fishers toilall night, and nothing take;But Jesus comes,‐ a wondrous spoilis lifted from the lake.Lord, when our labors are in vainand vain the help of men,When fruitless is our care and pain,Come blessed Jesus then!
- 2The night is dark, the surges fillthe bark, the wild winds roar;But Jesus comes and all is still,‐the ship is at the shore.O Lord, when storms around us howl,and all is dark and drear,In all the tempests of the soul,O blessed Jesus hear.
- 3A frail one, thrice denying Theesaw mercy in Thine eyes,The penitent upon the treewas borne to Paradise.In hours of sin and deep distresso show us, Lord, Thy Face,In penitential loneliness,O give us Jesus grace!
- 4The faithful few retire in fearto their closed upper room;But suddenly with joyful cheerthey see their Master come.Lord come to us, unloose our bandsand bid our terrors cease,Lift over us Thy blessed hands,Speak, holy Jesus Peace!
- 5In days, when faith will scarce be found,and wolves be in the fold,When sin and sorrow will aboundand charity wax cold,Then hear Thy saints, who to Thee prayto bring them to their home,Hear when the Bride and Spirit say,"Come, Blessed Jesus, Come!"
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 6 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.