That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul. My sin ? oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! ? My sin ? not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, ...
Samuel Rodigast, 1676; translated from German by Catherine Winkworth, 1863. According to www.cyberhymnal.org, Rodigast wrote this hymn to cheer his friend Gastorius, precentor at the University of Jena, who had become seriously ill. ...
I think the tune's title also makes this connection, though LHy also puts Samuel Rodigast's hymn "What God ordains is always good" to this tune. It is a peaceful, relaxed, contented tune. If I wanted to run it into the ground I might ...
