174 (XCV.--"Seelenbräutigam.")
174.
Jesu, geh voran
Zinzendorf
Jesu, day by day Guide us on life's way; Nought of dangers will we reckon, Simply haste where Thou didst beckon, Lead us by the hand To our fatherland. | Hard should seem our lot, Let us waver not, Never murmur at our crosses In dark days of grief and losses 'Tis through trial we Here must pass to Thee. | When the heart must know Pain for others' woe, When beneath its own 'tis sinking, Give us patience, hope unshrinking, Fix our eyes, O Friend, On our Journey's end. | Thus our path shall be Daily traced by Thee; Draw Thou nearer when 'tis rougher, Help us most when most we suffer, And when all is o'er, Ope to us Thy door! | |