Christ My Song - 1704
In God my faithful God - Consolation
(Sigismund Weingärtner/Catherine Winkworth/
Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Consolation.
1. In God my faithful God
I trust when dark my road;
though many woes o'ertake me,
yet he will not forsake me;
his love it is doth send them,
and when 'tis best will end them. PDF - Midi
2. My sins assail me sore,
but I despair no more:
I trust in Christ who loves me,
from this Rock nothing moves me,
since I can all surrender
to him, my soul's Defender.
3. If death my portion be,
then death is gain to me,
and Christ my life for ever,
from whom no death can sever;
come when it may, he'll shield me,
to him I wholly yield me.
4. Ah Jesus Christ, my Lord!
so meek in deed and word,
didst thou not die to save us,
because thou fain wouldst have us,
after this life of sadness,
heirs of thy heavenly gladness?
5. "So be it" then I say
heartily day by day!
Guide us while here we wander,
till safely landed yonder,
we too, dear Lord, adore thee,
and sing with joy before thee!
Catherine Winkworth, Christian Singers of Germany, 1869, 156-157.
Translation of part of Sigismund Weingärtner's German hymn
Auf meinen lieben Gott.