Lord Jesus Christ, True Man and God

Lord Je­sus Christ

true Man and God

Who borest ang­uish

scorn

the rod

And diedst at last up­on the tree

To bring Thy Fa­ther’s grace to me;

I pray Thee through that bit­ter woe

Let me

a sin­ner

mer­cy know.

When comes the hour of fail­ing breath.

And I must wres­tle

Lord

with death

When from my sight all fades away

And when my tongue no more can say

And when mine ears no more can hear

And when my heart is racked with fear;

When all my mind is dark­ened o’er

And hu­man help can do no more

Then come

Lord Je­sus

come with speed

And help me in my hour of need

Lead me from this dark vale be­neath

And short­en then the pangs of death.

All ev­il spir­its drive away

But let Thy Spir­it with me stay

Until my soul the bo­dy leave;

Then in Thy hands my soul re­ceive

And let the earth my bo­dy keep

Until the Last Day break its sleep.

Joyful my re­sur­rect­ion be

Thou in the judg­ment plead for me

And hide my sins

Lord

from Thy face

And give me Life of Thy dear grace!

I trust Thee ut­ter­ly

my Lord

For Thou hast pro­mised in Thy Word:

“In truth I tell you

who re­ceives

My word

and keeps it

and be­lieves

Shall nev­er fall God’s wrath be­neath

Shall nev­er taste eter­nal death;

Though here on earth

in time

he die

He is not there­fore lost; for I

Will come

and with a migh­ty hand

Will break away death’s strong­est band.

And lift him hence that he shall be

For ev­er in My realm with Me

For ev­er liv­ing there in bliss.

Ah let us not that glo­ry miss!

Dear Lord

for­give us all our guilt

Help us to wait un­til Thou wilt

That we de­part; and let our faith

Be brave and con­quer e’en in death

Firm rest­ing on Thy sac­red Word

Until we sleep in Thee

our Lord.