Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory

Jesu

Lord of life and glo­ry

Bend from Heav’n Thy gra­cious ear;

While our wait­ing souls ad­ore Thee

Friend of help­less sin­ners

hear:

By Thy mercy

O de­liv­er us

good Lord.

Taught by Thine un­err­ing Spir­it

Boldly we draw nigh to God

Only in Thy spot­less mer­it

Only through Thy pre­cious blood:

By Thy mer­cy

O de­liv­er us

good Lord.

From the depth of na­ture’s blind­ness

From the hard­en­ing pow­er of sin

From all mal­ice and un­kind­ness

From the pride that lurks with­in:

By Thy mercy

O de­liv­er us

good Lord.

When temp­ta­tion sore­ly press­es

In the day of Sa­tan’s pow­er

In our times of deep dis­tress­es

In each dark and try­ing hour:

By Thy mer­cy

O de­liv­er us

good Lord.

When the world around is smil­ing

In the time of wealth and ease

Earthly joys our hearts be­guil­ing

In the day of health and peace

By Thy mer­cy

O de­liv­er us

good Lord.

In the wea­ry hours of sick­ness

In the times of grief and pain

When we feel our mor­tal weak­ness

When the crea­ture’s help is vain:

By Thy mer­cy

O de­liv­er us

good Lord.

In the so­lemn hour of dy­ing

In the aw­ful judg­ment day

May our souls

on Thee re­ly­ing

Find Thee still our rock and stay:

By Thy mer­cy

O de­liv­er us

good Lord.

Jesu

may Thy pro­mised bless­ing

Comfort to our souls af­ford;

May we now

Thy love pos­sess­ing

And at length our full re­ward

Ever praise Thee

Thee

our ev­er glo­ri­ous Lord.