Scripture Verse

Whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:8

Introduction

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Karl J. Spitta (1801–1859)

Words: Karl J. Spit­ta, 1843 (Wir sind des Herrn, wir leben oder sterben). Trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Charles T. Astley, 1860.

Music: Ei­rene Fran­ces R. Ha­ver­gal, 1871 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Frances R. Havergal
(1836–1879)

Lyrics

We are the Lord’s; His all suf­fi­cient merit,
Sealed on the cross, to us this grace ac­cords.
We are the Lord’s and all things shall in­her­it;
Whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

We are the Lord’s; then let us glad­ly ten­der
Our souls to Him in deeds, not emp­ty words.
Let heart and tongue and life com­bine to ren­der
No doubt­ful wit­ness that we are the Lord’s.

We are the Lord’s; no dark­ness brood­ing o’er us
Can make us trem­ble while this star af­fords
A stea­dy light along the path be­fore us—
Faith’s full as­sur­ance that we are the Lord’s.

We are the Lord’s; no ev­il can be­fall us
In the dread hour of life’s fast loos­en­ing cords;
No pangs of death shall ev­en then ap­pall us.
Death we shall van­quish, for we are the Lord’s.