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Believers Hymn Book · No. 115 · Words: Ernst Christoph Homburg; tr. Hannah Kilham Burlingham · Tune: Altenburg
Jesus! Source of life eternal
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A German Passion and Easter hymn by 17th-century poet Ernst Christoph Homburg, translated into English by Plymouth Brethren hymn translator Hannah Kilham Burlingham. It meditates on Christ's suffering, death, and triumphant victory over sin and death, with a recurring refrain of praise.
Verse 1
Jesus! Source of life eternal,
Jesus! Author of our breath
Victor o'er the hosts infernal
By defeat and shame and death.
Thou through deepest tribulation
Deigned to pass for our salvation:
Thousand, thousand praises be,
Lord of Glory, unto Thee.
Verse 2
Thou, O Son of God, wert bearing
Cruel mockings, hatred, scorn;
Thou, the King of Glory, wearing,
For our sake, the crown of thorn;
Dying, Thou didst us deliver
From the chains of sin for ever:
Thousand, thousand praises be,
Precious Saviour, unto Thee.
Verse 3
All the shame men heaped upon Thee,
Thou didst patiently endure;
Not the pains of death too bitter
Our redemption to procure.
Wondrous Thy humiliation
To accomplish our salvation:
Thousand, thousand praises be,
Precious Saviour, unto Thee.
Verse 4
Heartfelt, praise and adoration,
Saviour, thus to Thee we give;
For Thy life humiliation,
For Thy death, whereby we live.
All the grief Thou wert enduring,
All the bliss Thou wert securing:
Evermore the theme shall be
Of thanksgivings, Lord, to Thee.
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