"Jesus, Grant that Balm and Healing"
                 By Johann Heermann, 1585-1647
                                  Text From:
                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. Jesus, grant that balm and healing
        In Thy holy wounds I find,
        Every hour that I am feeling
        Pains of body and of mind.
        Should some evil thought within
        Tempt my treacherous heart to sin,
        Show the peril, and from sinning
        Keep me ere its first beginning.

        2. Should some lust or sharp temptation
        Prove too strong for flesh and blood,
        Let me think upon Thy Passion,
        And the breach is soon made good.
        Or should Satan press me hard,
        Let me then be on my guard,
        Saying, "Christ for me was wounded,"
        That the Tempter flee confounded.

        3. If the world my heart entices
        On the broad and easy road
        With it mirth and luring voices,
        Let me think upon the load
        Thou didst carry and endure
        That I flee all thoughts impure,
        Banishing each wild emotion,
        Calm and blest in my devotion.

        4. Every wound that pains or grieves me,
        By Thy stripes, Lord is made whole;
        When I'm faint, Thy Cross revives me,
        Granting new life to my soul.
        Yea, Thy comfort renders sweet
        Every bitter cup I meet;
        For Thy all-atoning Passion
        Has procured my soul's salvation.

        5. O my God, my Rock and Tower,
        Grant that in Thy death I trust,
        Knowing Death has lost his power
        Since Thou trod'st him in the dust.
        Savior, let Thine agony
        Ever help and comfort me;
        When I die, be my Protection,
        Light and Life and Resurrection.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #144 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: 1 Pet. 2: 24
        Author: Johann Heermann, 1644, ab.
        Translated by: composite
        Titled: "Jesu, deine tiefen Wunden"
        Composer: Johnann B. Koenig, 1738
        Tune: Der am Kreuz
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