95. Oh how could I forget Him

Oh how could I forget Him,
Who ne'er forgetteth me?
Or tell the love that let Him
Descend to set me free?
Have I not seen Him dying
For us on yonder tree?
Have I not heard him crying,
Arise and follow me?

For ever will I love Him
Who saw my hopeless plight,
Who felt my sorrows move Him,
And brought me life and light;
Whose arm shall be around me
When my last hour is come,
And suffer none to wound me,
Though dark the passage home.

He gives me pledges holy,
His body and His blood,
He lifts the scorn'd, the lowly,
He makes my courage good,
For He will reign within me,
And shed His graces there;
The heaven He died to win me
Can I then fail to share?

In joy and sorrow ever
Shine through me, Blessed Heart,
Who bleeding for us, never
Didst shrink from sorest smart!
Whate'er I've lov'd, or striven,
Or borne, I bring to Thee,
Now let Thy heart and heaven
Stand open, Lord, to me.

Text Information
First Line: Oh how could I forget Him
Title: Oh how could I forget Him
German Title: Wie könnt' ich Sein vergessen
Author: Kern, died 1835
Language: English
Publication Date: 1863
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