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My Jesus, Life from heaven! I come, and unto Thee I bear What Thou to me hast given. Receive it, for 'tis mind and soul, Heart, spirit, strength—receive it all, And deign to let it please Thee. When I as yet had not been born, Then hadst Thou been born for me And chosen me to be Thine own, Thy mercy shedding o'er me. Before I by Thy hand was ...
The song may be an allusion to both the apple tree in Song of Solomon 2:3 which has been interpreted as a metaphor representing Jesus, and to his description of his life as a tree of life in Luke 13:18–19 and elsewhere in the New Testament including Revelation 22:1–2 and within the Old Testament in Genesis.
"Wie soll ich dich empfangen" ("Ah! Lord, how shall I meet Thee", [1] literally: How shall I receive you) is a Christian hymn for Advent by Paul Gerhardt.It was first published in 1653 in the fifth edition of the hymnal Praxis Pietatis Melica by Johann Crüger, who also created a melody.
St. Thomas Aquinas (+1274) composed a Prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion that became a classic: I thank You, O holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who have deigned, not through any merits of mine, but out of the condescension of Your goodness, to satisfy me a sinner, Your unworthy servant, with the precious Body and Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Come My Way, My Truth, My Life; Come, rejoice Before Your Maker; Come, Thou Holy Spirit, Come; Come To Me; Come To My Mercy; Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain; Comfort, Comfort Ye My People; Conditor alme siderum; Creator of the Earth and Skies; Creator Spirit, By Whose Aid; Crown Him With Many Crowns; Cry Out With Joy; Come Lord, Maranatha
Some 150 of his hymns are in the Methodist hymn book Hymns and Psalms, including "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing", and The Church Hymn Book (In New York and Chicago, US, 1872) where "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" is published. Many of his hymns are translated into other languages, and form the foundation for Methodist hymnals, as well as the Swedish ...
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(Hymn for World Missions) 2003 Stuart Townend: New Irish Hymns 4 In Christ Alone Lyrics, Story: All My Life: 2002 Kristyn Getty: Tapestry — Beneath the Cross (Hymn for Cross and Community) 2005 Kristyn Getty: New Irish Hymns 4 In Christ Alone Lyrics, Story: Better Is One Day with Jesus Based on Luke 10:38-42: 2005 Kristyn Getty: Songs That ...