Lord's Supper
To Avert From Men God's Wrath
- Words:
- Latin c. 1400, sometimes attr. John Hus. Translated Christian Ignatius Latrobe, 1789.
- Music:
- 'Gethsemane' or 'Petra' Richard Redhead, 1853.
- Setting:
- "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1896.
- Metre:
- 7 7 7 7 7 7
- 1To avert from men God's wrathJesus suffered in our stead;By an ignominious deathHe a full atonement made;And by His most precious blood,Brought us, sinners, nigh to God.
- 2That we never should forgetThis great Love on us bestowed,He gave us His flesh to eat,and to drink His precious blood;All who sick and needy areMay receive in Him a share.
- 3Hither each afflicted soulMay repair, though filled with grief;To the sick, not to the whole,the Physician brings relief;Fear not, therefore, but draw nigh,Christ will all your wants supply.
- 4He who in self‐ righteousnessFixes any hope or stay,Has not on a wedding dress,And with shame is sent away;To the hungry, weary heart,He will food and rest impart.
- 5But examine first your case,Whether you be in the faith;Do you long for pard'ning grace?Is your only hope His death?Then, howe'er your soul's oppressed,Come, you are a worthy guest.
- 6He who Jesus' mercy knows, Is from wrath and envy freed;Love unto our neighbor shows That we are His flock indeed;Thus we may in all our ways Show forth our Redeemer's praise.
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In the hymnals
- The tune, Gethsemane, is in 57 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.