Text:Christ Will Gather in His Own
Author:Nikolaus von Zinzendorf
Translator (from German):Catherine Winkworth
Tune:HEINLEIN
Composer (melody attributed to):Martin Herbst, 1654-1681
Harmonizer:William H. Monk, 1823-1889
Media:MIDI file

1131. Christ Will Gather in His Own

1. Christ will gather in His own
To the place where He is gone,
Where their heart and treasure lie,
Where our life is hid on high.

2. Day by day the voice saith, Come,
Enter thine eternal home;
Asking not if we can spare
This dear soul it summons there.

3. Had He asked us, well we know
We should cry, O spare this blow!
Yes, with streaming tears should pray,
Lord, we love him, let him stay.
[substitute her if appropriate]

4. But the Lord doth naught amiss,
And, since He hath ordered this,
We have naught to do but still
Rest in silence on His will.

5. Many a heart no longer here,
Ah! was all too inly dear,
Yet, O Love, ’tis Thou dost call,
Thou wilt be our all in all.

Text Information
First Line: Christ will gather in His own
Title: Christ Will Gather in His Own
German Title: Deiner Kinder Sammelplatz
Author: Nikolaus von Zinzendorf (1754)
Translator (from German): Catherine Winkworth
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Kleine Brüder Gesangbuch (London: 1754); Translation: Lyra Germanica, 1858
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HEINLEIN
Harmonizer: William H. Monk, 1823-1889
Composer (melody attributed to): Martin Herbst, 1654-1681
Meter: 77.77
Incipit: 55123 45557 76655
Key: d minor
Source: Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch, 1676
Copyright: Public Domain



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