Christ The Life Of All The Living [#ChristTheLife #TheLifeOfAll #LifeOfAll #AllTheLiving #TheLiving #OfAllTheLiving #ChristTheLifeOfAllTheLiving]
Christ The Life Of All The Living [#ChristTheLife #TheLifeOfAll #LifeOfAll #AllTheLiving #TheLiving #OfAllTheLiving #ChristTheLifeOfAllTheLiving]
Song written by:
Original in German: Ernst Christoph Homburg [Ernst C. Homburg (1605, Mihla, Eisenach, Germany – 1681, Naumberg, Germany)
Translated to English from German: Catherine Winkworth (September 13, 1827, London, England, UK – July 1, 1878, Geneva, Switzerland)
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Christ the Life of all the living
Christ the Death of death our foe
Who Thyself for us once giving
To the darkest depths of woe
Patiently didst yield Thy breath
But to save my soul from death
Praise and glory ever be
Blessèd Jesus unto Thee
2
Thou O Christ hast taken on Thee
Bitter strokes a cruel rod
Pain and scorn were heaped upon Thee
O Thou sinless Son of God
Only thus for me to win
Rescue from the bonds of sin
Praise and glory ever be
Blessèd Jesus unto Thee
3
Thou didst bear the smiting only
That it might not fall on me
Stoodest falsely charged and lonely
That I might be safe and free
Comfortless that I might know
Comfort from Thy boundless woe
Praise and glory ever be
Blessèd Jesus unto Thee
4
Heartless scoffers did surround Thee
Treating Thee with shameful scorn
And with piercing thorns they crowned Thee
All disgrace Thou Lord hast borne
That as Thine Thou mightest own me
And with heavenly glory crown me
Thousand thousand thanks shall be
Dearest Jesus unto Thee
5
Thou hast suffered men to bruise Thee
That from pain I might be free
Falsely did Thy foes accuse Thee
Thence I gain security
Comfortless Thy soul did languish
Me to comfort in my anguish
Thousand thousand thanks shall be
Dearest Jesus unto Thee
6
Thou hast suffered great affliction
And hast borne it patiently
Even death by crucifixion
Fully to atone for me
Thou didst choose to be tormented
That my doom should be prevented
Thousand thousand thanks shall be
Dearest Jesus unto Thee
7
Then for all that wrought our pardon
For Thy sorrows deep and sore
For Thine anguish in the garden
I will thank Thee evermore
Thank Thee with my latest breath
For Thy sad and cruel death
For that last and bitter cry
Praise Thee evermore on high
Christ The Life Of All The Living [#ChristTheLife #TheLifeOfAll #LifeOfAll #AllTheLiving #TheLiving #OfAllTheLiving #ChristTheLifeOfAllTheLiving]
Christ The Life Of All The Living [#ChristTheLife #TheLifeOfAll #LifeOfAll #AllTheLiving #TheLiving #OfAllTheLiving #ChristTheLifeOfAllTheLiving] | William Weedon