Dearest Jesu, we are here

Dearest Jesu, we are here. George Ratcliffe Woodward* (1848-1934), after Tobias Clausnitzer* (1619-1684). This is a hymn loosely based on Clausnitzer’s ‘Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier dich und dein Wort anzuhören’*. It was printed in three stanzas in Woodward’s Songs of Syon (1904). Two were included in the Second Supplement (1916) to the Second Edition of A&M. Dearest Jesu, we are here,  At thy call, thy Presence owning; Pleading now in holy fear  That thy Sacrifice atoning:Word Incarnate, much in wonderOn this myst’ry deep we ponder. Jesu, strong to save, - the same  Yesterday, to-day, for ever, - Make us fear and love thy Name,  Serving thee with best endeavourIn this life O ne’er...