"On My Heart Imprint Thine Image"

             By Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1634-1703

                                  Text From:

                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL

        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)







        1. On my heart imprint Thine image,

        Blessed 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.



        


        Notes:

        Hymn #179 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_

        Text: Luke 23: 38

        Author: Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1689

        Translated by: Peer O. Stroemme, 1898, alt.

        Titled: "Skriv dig, Jesu, paa mit Hjerte"

        Composer: Johann B. Koenig, 1738

        Tune: "Der am Kreuz"
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