Scripture Verse

Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father who is in Heaven. Matthew 7:21

Introduction

Words: Chris­tian F. Gel­lert, 1767 (Auf, schicke dich). Trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Fran­ces E. Cox, 1841.

Music: Fred­er­ick A. Gore-Ou­se­ley (1825–1889) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Cox (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Frederick Gore-Ouseley
(1825–1889)

Lyrics

illustration
Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871

Come! tune your heart, to bear its part,
And ce­le­brate Mes­si­ah’s feast
With prais­es, with prais­es;
Let love in­spire the joy­ful choir,
While to the God of love, glad hymns
It rais­es, it rais­es.

Exalt His name; with joy pro­claim,
God loved the world, and through His Son
Forgave us, for­gave us;
Oh! what are we, that, Lord, we see
Thy won­drous love, in Christ who died
To save us, to save us!

Your re­fuge place in His free grace,
Trust in His name, and day by day
Repent you, re­pent you;
Ye mock God’s Word, who call Him Lord,
And follow not the pat­tern He
Hath lent you, hath lent you.

O Christ, to prove for Thee my love
In breth­ren Thee my hands shall clothe
And cher­ish, and cher­ish,
To each sad heart sweet hope im­part,
When worn with care, with sor­row nigh
To per­ish, to per­ish.

Come! praise the Lord; in Heav’n are stored
Rich gifts for those who here His name
Esteemèd, es­teem­èd;
Alleluia; Al­le­lu­ia;
Rejoice in Christ, and praise Him ye
Redeemèd, redeem­èd.