The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1276

1276. Dost Thou Truly Seek Renown?

1. Dost thou truly seek renown
Christ His glory sharing?
Wouldst thou win the heavenly crown
Victor’s meed declaring?
Tread the path the Savior trod,
Look upon the crown of God,
See what He is wearing.

2. This the King of Heaven bore
In that sore contending;
This His sacred temples wore,
Honor to it lending;
In this helm He faced the foe,
On the rood He laid him low,
Satan’s kingdom ending.

3. Christ upon the tree of scorn,
In salvation’s hour,
Turned to gold those pricks of thorn
By His Passion’s power;
So on sinners, who had earned
Endless death, from sin returned,
Endless blessings shower.

4. When in death’s embrace we lie,
Then, good Lord, be near us;
With Thy presence fortify,
And with victory cheer us;
Turn our erring hearts to Thee,
That we crowned for ay may be:
O good Jesu, hear us!

Text Information

• First Line: Dost thou truly seek renown
• Title: Dost Thou Truly Seek Renown?
• Latin Title: Si vis vere gloriari
• Author: Louis IX of France, 1214-1270
• Translator (from Latin): J. Athelstan Riley
• Meter: 76.76.776
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Syon, by George R. Woodward, 1904
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Evidently written for an Office of the Reception of the Holy Crown, a festival first celebrated in Paris in 1239.

Tune Information

• Name: DAS IST MEINE FREUDE
• Composer: Johannes Anastasius Freylinghausen, 1670-1739
• Meter: 76.76.776
• Incipit: 15316 71323 64525
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain