Scripture Verse

Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief. Mark 9:24

Introduction

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Caspar Neumann
(1648–1715)

Words: Cas­par Neu­mann (1648–1715) (Je­su der du Tor und Rieg­el), in the Burg-Ge­sang­buch, 1700. Trans­lat­ed from German to Eng­lish by An­na B. Hoppe in The Se­lah Song Book (Das Se­la Ge­sang­buch), ed­it­ed by Ad­olf T. Hans­er (New York: So­tar­ion Pub­lish­ing, 1926).

Music: Ir­by Hen­ry J. Gaunt­lett, 1849 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Anna Hoppe (1889–1941)

Lyrics

Jesus, Thou from death hast ris­en,
Stone and seal re­tain Thee not!
Thou hast burst Thy gloomy pri­son,
Full re­demp­tion Thou hast wrought!
Open and un­seal my heart,
Enter in, and ne’er de­part.

Burst the rock of doubt asun­der,
That no earth­ly strength can move!
When this all-trans­cend­ent won­der
Reason fail­eth to ap­prove,
Grant me grace, O ris­en Lord,
To be­lieve Thy ho­ly Word!

Let not un­belief be­set me,
That, like Tho­mas, I should doubt!
Let no earth­ly tri­als fret me,
Cast all fear and sor­row out!
In all need, while here I plod,
O re­main my Lord and God!

Death and hell by Thee are con­quered!
Let me share Thy vic­to­ry!
And as Thou hast bat­tled on­ward,
Savior, draw me un­to Thee,
That, re­leased from Sa­tan’s might,
I may view my God in light!