O Lord, enlarge our scanty thought

O Lord, enlarge our scanty thought. Moravian authors, translated by John Wesley* (1703-1791). This is a shortened version of selected stanzas from four Moravian hymns, found by Wesley in the ‘Anhang’ (Supplement) to Das Gesang-Buch der Gemeine in Herrnhut (1737/1738). The hymns are all in 6-line stanzas: Stanzas 1-2 are from Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf*’s ‘Ach! mein verwundter fürste (‘I thirst, Thou wounded Lamb of God’): Stanzas 3-6 are from Johann Nitschmann*’s ‘Du blutiger Versöhner’ (‘Thou bleeding sacrifice’), verses beginning ‘Wir sind ja kleine kinder’ (‘We are as little children’); Stanza 7 is a composite verse from Zinzendorf’s ‘Der Gott von unserm Bunde’ (‘The God of our...

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