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The Chorale Book for England Translator's Preface The Plan of the Book Sources of the Tunes Arrangements and Harmonizations 1. All glory be to God on High 2. All praise and thanks to God most High 3. Lo, heaven and earth, and sea and air 4. Cometh sunshine after rain 5. Oh would, my God, that I could praise Thee 6. I praise Thee, O my God and Father 7. My soul, now praise thy Maker 8. All my hope is grounded surely 9. Praise to the Lord! the Almighty, the King of creation 10. Shall I not sing praise to Thee 11. Now thank we all our God 12. Blessed Jesus, at Thy word 13. Lord Jesus Christ, be present now 14. Abide among us with Thy grace 15. Open now Thy gates of beauty 16. Thou, Fount of blessing, we adore 17. Light of light, enlighten me 18. Once more the daylight shines abroad 19. Lord Jesu Christ, with us abide 20. Ye heav'ns, oh haste your dews to shed 21. Ah! Lord, how shall I meet Thee 22. Arise, the kingdom is at hand 23. Redeemer of the nations, come 24. Let the earth now praise the Lord 25. Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates 26. Once he came in blessing 27. Awake, thou careless world, awake 28. A dread hath come on me 29. Let us all with gladsome voice 30. From heaven above to earth I come 31. All my heart this night rejoices 32. Rejoice, rejoice, ye Christians 33. Oh rejoice, ye Christians, loudly 34. We Christians may rejoice to-day 35. Thee, O Immanuel, we praise 36. How brightly beams the Morning Star 37. O Jesu, King of Glory 38. Rise, O Salem, rise and shine 39. Is thy heart athirst to know 40. Out of the depths I cry to Thee 41. Not in anger, mighty God 42. Against Thee only have I sinn'd, I own it 43. Am I on earth alone and friendless stranger?44. Lord, to Thee I make confession 45. Hear, O my God, low at Thy feet I bend me 46. O Lamb of God most stainless 47. O Love, who formedst me to wear 48. When o'er my sins I sorrow 49. Christ the Life of all the living 50. Ah Jesus, the merit 51. Ah wounded Head that bearest 52. Alas, dear Lord, what law then hast Thou broken 53. When on the cross the Saviour hung 54. O darkest woe 55. Lord Jesus, who, our souls to save 56. Thou sore-oppress'd 57. Ere yet the dawn hath fill'd the skies 58. Christ the Lord is risen again 59. Jesus Christ, my sure Defence 60. In Death's strong grasp the Saviour lay 61. Welcome, Thou victor in the strife 62. O risen Lord! O conqu'ring King 63. Conqu'ring Prince and Lord of Glory 64. Since Christ has gone to heav'n His home 65. Heavenward doth our journey tend 66. Lord, on earth I dwell sad-hearted 67. My Jesus, if the Seraphim 68. Draw us to Thee, Lord Jesus 69. Holy Ghost! my Comforter 70. O Holy Spirit, enter in 71. O enter, Lord, Thy temple 72. Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord 73. Sweetest Fount of holy gladness 74. Holy Spirit, once again 75. We all believe in One true God 76. Most Hight and Holy Trinity 77. Who are those that, fare before me 78. Rise, follow Me! our Master saith 79. True Shepherd, who in love most deep 80. Light of the Gentile nations 81. In peace and joy I now depart 82. Thou virgin soul! O thou 83. Comfort, comfort ye my people 84. Ye sons of men, in earnest 85. Praise and thanks to Thee be sung 86. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, come 87. Wake, Spirit, who in times now olden 88. Ye servants of the Lord, who stand 89. Thy parents' arms now yield thee 90. Blessed Jesus, here we stand 91. From Thy heav'nly home 92. Baptized into Thy name most holy 93. Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness 94. O Living Bread from heaven 95. Oh how could I forget Him 96. Now lay we calmly in the grave 97. Now hush your cries, and shed no tear 98. The precious seed of weeping 99. Christ will gather in His own 100. O Christ, our true and only Light 101. Ah God, from heav'n look down and see 102. Thy Word, O Lord, is gentle dew 103. Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy word 104. Hark! the Church proclaims here honour 105. Heart and heart together bound 106. Jesus, whom Thy Church doth own 107. Alas! my God! my sins are great 108. My God, behold me lying 109. Jesus, pitying Saviour, hear me 110. What shall I, a sinner, do?111. Thou, who breakest ev'ry chain 112. Lord Jesu Christ, in Thee alone 113. Pure essence! Spotless Fount of Light 114. Our Father, Thou in heav'n above 115. O God, Thou faithful God 116. Lord, hear the voice of my complaint 117. Jehovah, let me now adore Thee 118. O God, I long Thy Light to see 119. Lord, all my heart is fix'd on Thee 120. In Thee, Lord, have I put my trust 121. I know, my God, and I rejoice 122. Here behold me as I cast me 123. Faith is a living powr from heav'n 124. A sure stronghold our God is He 125. Rise, my soul, to watch and pray 126. Courage, my sorely-tempted heart 127. My cause is God's, and I am His 128. Strive aright when God doth call thee 129. Great High-priest, who deign'dst to be 130. All things hang on our possessing 131. Now at last I end this strife 132. Well for him who all things losing 133. My God, in Thee all fulness lies 134. If thou but suffer God to guide thee 135. Whate'er my God ordains is right 136. Ah God, my days are dark indeed 137. Farewell I gladly bid Thee 138. In Thy heart and hands, my God 139. What within me and without 140. From God shall nought divide me 141. When in the hour of utmost need 142. When anguish'd and perplex'd I lift my weary eyes 143. Why art thou thus cast down, my heart?144. O Christ, Thou bright and Morning Star 145. Who puts his trust in God most just 146. Seems it in my anguish lone 147. In God, my faithful God 148. A pilgrim here I wander 149. O Morning Star! how fair and bright 150. Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower 151. Jesu, priceless treasure 152. Loving Shepherd, kind and true 153. Wherefore dost Thou longer tarry 154. O Thou Essential Word 155. O Thou, of God the Father 156. In Thee is gladness 157. Up, yes, upward to thy gladness 158. Nothing fair on earth I see 159. Dayspring of eternity 160. God who madest earth and heaven 161. As a bird at dawning singeth 162. Come, my soul, awake, 't is morning 163. While yet the morn is breaking 164. My inmost heart now raises 165. Now that the sun doth shine no more 166. The happy sunshine all is gone 167. Sink not yet, my soul, to slumber 168. The day is done 169. Now all the woods are sleeping 170. Now God be with us, for the night is closing 171. The old year now hath pass'd away 172. Help us, O Lord, behold we enter 173. Oh wouldst Thou in Thy glory come 174. Jesu, day by day 175. Oh blest the hourse, whate'er befall 176. Spread, oh spread, thou mighty Word 177. For the Lord reigneth 178. Jesu, when Thou once returnedst 179. Lord Jesus Christ, we come to Thee 180. In God's name let us on our way 181. Come, Christians, praise your Maker's goodness 182. Lord Jesu Christ, the Prince of Peace 183. Lord God, we worship Thee 184. Thank God it hath resounded 185. I know the doom that must befall me 186. My life is hid in Jesus 187. Who knows how near my end may be?188. Go and dig my grave today 189. O world, I now must leave thee 190. Lord Jesus Christ, my Life, my Light 191. Deal with me, God, in mercy now 192. O Lord my God, I cry to Thee 193. When my last hour is close at hand 194. My God, to Thee I now commend 195. Jerusalem, thou city fair and high 196. Hark! a voice saith, All are mortal 197. Oh how blest are ye behond our telling 198. World, farewell! Of thee I'm tired 199. When the Lord recalls the banish'd 200. Wake, awake, for night is flying I. O world, I now must leave thee II. Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness III. O my soul, be glad and cheerful IV. My heart is fill'd with longing V.VI. We all believe in One true God Table of German Hymns Opinions of the Press

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I. O world, I now must leave thee

Appendix

[See No. 189.

"O Welt, ich muss dich lassen," as it appears both in melody and harmony in the "musae Sionai Michaelis' Praetorii," vol. viii. 1610.

O world, I now must leave thee, But little doth it grieve me, I seek my native land; True life I there inherit, And here I yield my spirit With joy to God's all-gracious hand.