Scripture Verse

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way. Isaiah 53:6

Introduction

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Friedrich Flemming
(1778–1813)

Words: Ol­fert H. Ricard (1872–1929) (Ung­dom­mens Frel­ser). Trans­lat­ed from Dan­ish to Eng­lish by Paul C. Paul­sen in the Hym­nal for Church and Home, ed­it­ed by Jens C. Aa­berg (Blair, Ne­bras­ka: Dan­ish Lut­her­an Pub­lish­ing House, 1927), num­ber 324.

Music: Flem­ming Fried­rich F. Flem­ming, 1811 (🔊 pdf nwc). Flem­ming wrote the tune for male voic­es for part of Hor­ace’s ode In­te­ger Vi­tae. It was first pub­lished as a hymn tune in the 1875 edi­tion of the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Psalm­ist.

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Olfert Ricard (1872–1929)

Lyrics

Young peo­ple’s Sav­ior, hark when we are pray­ing:
Go af­ter those who from Thy fold are stray­ing;
They are Thine own tho’ blind­ed by temp­ta­tion,
Give them sal­va­tion.

And when Thou hear­est souls in sec­ret sigh­ing,
How they are long­ing and for peace are cry­ing;
Teach them to soar on wings of prayer to Hea­ven,
Peace to be giv­en.

Show them the light that from Thy throne is beam­ing,
Show them the love that un­to them is stream­ing,
Give them the grace that ov­er­comes temp­ta­tion,
Give them sal­va­tion.