Scripture Verse

I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish. John 10:28

Introduction

Words: Un­known au­thor, 14th Cen­tu­ry (Gott der Va­ter wohn’ uns bei). Trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Ri­chard Mas­sie, Mar­tin Lu­ther’s Spir­it­ual Songs, 1854, page 26, alt.

Music: Gott der Va­ter wohn’ 14th Cen­tu­ry (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

God the Fa­ther, be our Stay; Oh, let us per­ish ne­ver!
Cleanse us from our sins, we pray, and grant us life for­ev­er.
Keep us from the Ev­il One; up­hold our faith most ho­ly,
Grant us to trust Thee sole­ly with hum­ble hearts and low­ly.
Let us put God’s ar­mor on, with all true Chris­tians run­ning
Our heav’n­ly race and shun­ning the dev­il’s wiles and cun­ning.
Amen, amen, this be done; so sing we, hal­le­lu­jah!