Christ My Song - 85
I know in whom I put my trust - The Christian's Trust
(Ernst Moritz Arndt/ Catherine Winkworth/
Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The Christian's Trust.
1. I know in whom I put my trust,
I know what standeth fast,
when all things here dissolve like dust
or smoke before the blast:
I know what still endures, howe'er
all else may quake and fall,
when lies the prudent men ensnare,
and dreams the wise enthral. PDF - Midi
2. It is the Dayspring from on high,
the adamantine Rock,
whence never storm can make me fly,
that fears no earthquake's shock;
my Jesus Christ, my sure Defence,
my Saviour, and my Light,
that shines within, and scatters thence
dark phantoms of the night;
3. who once was borne, betrayed and slain,
at evening to the grave;
whom God awoke, who rose again,
a Conqueror strong to save:
who pardons all my sin, who sends
his Spirit pure and mild;
whose grace my every step befriends,
who ne'er forgets his child!
4. Therefore I know in whom I trust,
I know what standeth fast,
when all things formed of earthly dust
are whirling in the blast;
the terrors of the final foe
can rob me not of this;
and this shall crown me once, I know,
with never-fading bliss.
Catherine Winkworth, Lyra Germanica: The Christian Life, 1868, 176-177.
Translated from the German Ich weiß, an wen ich glaube
of Ernst Moritz Arndt.