"Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior"
by John Huss, 1373?-1415
1. Jesus Christ, our blessed Savior,
Turned away God's wrath forever;
By His bitter grief and woe
He saved us from the evil Foe.
2. As His pledge of love undying
He, this precious food supplying,
Gives His body with the bread
And with the wine the blood He shed.
3. Whoso to this Board repaireth
May take heed how He prepareth;
For if he does not believe,
Then death for life he shall recieve.
4. Praise the Father, who from heaven
Unto us such food hath given
And, to mend what we have done,
Gave into death His only Son.
5. Thou shalt hold with faith unshaken
That this food is to be taken
By the sick who are distrest,
By hearts that long for peace and rest.
6. Christ says: "Come, all ye that labor,
And receive My grace and favor;
They who feel no want nor ill
Need no physician's help nor skill.
7. "Useless were for thee My Passion,
If thy works thy weal could fashion.
This feast is not spread for thee
If thine own Savior thou wilt be."
8. If thy heart this truth professes
And thy mouth thy sin confesses,
His dear guest thou here shalt be,
And Christ Himself shall banquet thee.
Hymn #311
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Heb. 10:12
Author: John Huss, 1415, cento, asc.
Translated by: unknown
Titled: "Iesus Christus, nostra salus"
Tune: "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland"
1st Published in: Geistliche Lieder
Town: Wittenberg, 1535
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The flames were now applied to the fagots, when our martyr sung a hymn with so loud and cheerful a voice
that he was heard through all the cracklings of the combustibles, and the noise of the multitude. At length his
voice was interrupted by the severity of the flames, which soon closed his existence.
Then, with great diligence, gathering the ashes together, they cast them into the river Rhine, that the least
remnant of that man should not be left upon the earth, whose memory, notwithstanding, cannot be abolished
out of the minds of the godly, neither by fire, neither by water, neither by any kind of torment.
~Fox's Book of Martyrs
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churchmousec (http://churchmousec.wordpress.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Holy Communion Hymn by John Huss - The Czech Refor...":
Hmm ... sounds too much like faith.
And mentioning the 'evil Foe' in the first verse?
Sorry, banned.
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On a serious note, that's one great set of hymn lyrics (wouldn't be allowed in the Anglican Church, though; they've already banned 'A mighty fortress is our God' and 'Onward Christian soldiers' along with crosses on gold chains).
Many thanks -- uplifting and encouraging!
Churchmouse
