Text:Well for him who all things losing
Author:Gottfried Arnold
Translator:Miss Winkworth
Tune:ST. ANDREW

451. Well for him who all things losing

1 Well for him who all things losing,
Even himself doth count as naught,
Still the one thing needful choosing,
That with all true bliss is fraught!

2 Well for him who all forsaking,
Walketh not in shadows vain,
But the path of peace is taking
Through this vale of tears and pain!

3 O that we our hearts might sever
From earth's tempting vanities,
Fixing them on Him for ever,
In whom all our fulness lies!

4 O that ne'er our eyes might wander
From our God: so might we cease
Ever o'er our sins to ponder,
And our conscience be at peace!

5 Thou Abyss of love and goodness,
Draw us by Thy Cross to Thee,
That our senses, soul and spirit,
Ever one with Christ may be!

Text Information
First Line: Well for him who all things losing
German Title: O der Alles hätt' verloren
Author: Gottfried Arnold (1697)
Translator: Miss Winkworth (1855)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Christian Life: The Heavenly Spirit; Easter Season, Fifth Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity
Notes: Alternate tune: #125
Tune Information
Name: ST. ANDREW
Meter: 8, 7.
Key: G Major
Notes: Composer from index: G. A. Macfarren, 1867



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