Scripture Verse

A superscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Luke 23:38

Introduction

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Thomas Kingo (1634–1703)

Words: Tho­mas H. Kin­go, in the Vin­ter­par­ten (Oden­se, Den­mark: 1689) (Skriv dig, Jesu, paa mit Hjerte). Trans­lat­ed from Dan­ish to Eng­lish by Peer O. Ström­me, 1898, alt.

Music: Der am Kreuz Jo­hann B. Kö­nig, 1738 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Kö­nig (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Strömme,

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Peer O. Strömme
(1856–1921)

Lyrics

On my heart im­print Thine im­age,
Blessèd Je­sus, King of Grace,
That life’s rich­es, cares and plea­sures
Have no pow­er Thee to ef­face.
This the su­per­script­ion be:
Jesus, cru­ci­fied for me,
Is my life, my hope’s foun­da­tion,
And my glo­ry and sal­va­tion.