Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#181

181. Be still, my soul, for God is near!

1 Be still, my soul, for God is near!
The great High Priest is with thee now!
The Lord of Life Himself is here,
Before Whose face the angels bow.

2 To make thy heart His lowly throne
Thy Saviour God in love draws nigh;
He gives Himself unto His own,
For whom He once came down to die.

3 He pleads before the mercy-seat,
He pleads with God, He pleads for thee;
He gives thee Bread from heaven to eat,--
His Flesh and Blood in mystery.

4 I come, O Lord!--for Thou dost call--
To blend my pleading prayer with Thine;
To Thee I give myself--my all--
And feed on Thee, and make Thee mine.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Be still, my soul, for God is near!
• Author: William Dalrymple Maclagan (1873)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Holy Communion

Tune Information

• Name: ANGELUS
• Composer: Georg Joseph (1657)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Adapted in Cantica Spiritualia, 1847; Revised in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904