Scripture Verse

All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. John 6:37

Introduction

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Magnus B. Landstad
1802–1880

Words: Mag­nus B. Land­stad, 1863 (Jeg kom­mer her o söde Gud). Trans­lat­ed from Nor­we­gian to Eng­lish by Carl Døv­ing, 1910.

Music: Wenn wir in höch­sten Nöt­en Ge­ne­van Psal­ter, 1547 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

I come to Thee, O bless­èd Lord,
Invited by Thy gra­cious Word
To this Thy feast, to sup with Thee;
Grant that a wor­thy guest I be.

I come to Thee with sin and grief,
For Thou alone canst give re­lief.
Thy death for me, dear Lord, I plead:
O Je­sus, help me in my need!

Shouldst Thou a strict ac­count de­mand,
Who could, O Lord, be­fore Thee stand?
Purge all my sec­ret sins away:
Be Thou, O Christ, the sin­ner’s stay!

O Je­sus, Lamb of God, alone
Thou didst for all our sins atone;
Though I have sinned and gone as­tray,
Turn not, O Lord, Thy guest away.

O Je­sus, Lamb of God, alone
Thou didst for all our sins atone;
Be mer­ci­ful, I Thee im­plore,
Be mer­ci­ful for­ev­er­more.