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Zion Mourns in Fear and Anguish - The seldom sung hymn is found in The Lutheran Hymnal, but not likely to be used by the pop Calvinist efforts of LCMS and WELS. Zion on the Mississippi is even less popular.
"Zion Mourns in Fear and Anguish"
By Johann Heermann, 1585-1647
1. Zion mourns in fear and anguish,
Zion, city of our God.
"Ah," she says, "how sore I languish,
Bowed beneath the chastening rod!
For my God forsook me quite
And forgot my sorry plight
Mid these troubles now distressing,
Countless woes my soul oppressing.
2. "Once," she mourns, "He promised plainly
That His help should e'er be near;
Yet I now must seek Him vainly
In my days of woe and fear.
Will His anger never cease?
Will He not renew His peace?
Will He not show forth compassion
And again forgive transgression?"
3. "Zion, surely I do love thee,"
Thus to her the Savior saith,
"Though with many woes I prove thee
And thy soul is sad to death.
For My troth is pledged to thee;
Zion, thou art dear to Me.
Deep within My heart I've set thee,
That I never can forget thee.
4. "Let not Satan make thee craven;
He can threaten, but not harm.
On My hands thy name is graven,
And thy shield is My strong arm.
How, then, could it ever be
I should not remember thee,
Fail to build thy wall, My city,
And look down on thee with pity?
5. "Ever shall Mine eyes behold thee;
On My bosom thou art laid.
Ever shall My love enfold thee;
Never shalt thou lack Mine aid.
Neither Satan, war, nor stress
Then shall mar thy happiness:
With this blessed consolation
Be thou firm in tribulation."
Hymn #268, The Lutheran Hymnal, Text: Isaiah 49: 14-17, Author: Johann Heermann, 1636, ab.
Translated by: Catherine Winkworth, 1869, alt.
Titled: "Zion klagt mit Angst und Schmerzen", Composer: J. Hermann Schein, 1623
Tune: "Zion klagt"
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How many strikes have gone against them, and yet the Big Five Apostates toodle along, thrilled and excited, - ELCA-LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic)?!
WELS finally got some truth out - about how to eliminate congregations via merger; they already eliminated the efficacy of the Means of Grace decades ago. Missouri and ELCA are just the same. A few clever slogans will make the executives happy.
Meanwhile, the music is not Lutheran or even appropriate. Sermons are pirated from various Fuller-Schuller-Willow Creek sources. Bibles are considered good if they are sufficiently corrupted by by Otten-Beck quality and errors. There is only one Bible that is thoroughly and completely banned - the King James Version, far too consistent, precise, and reliable.
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| Sine fide - without faith - is the Big Five slogan. |
