English translation of Wo gehst du hin? (Joh. 16, 5)

by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Wo gehst du hin? (Joh. 16, 5)", 1873 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; translation to English of title : "Whither goest thou?" (John 16, 5)

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  Ich wandre meine Straße,
die zu der Heimat führt
da mich ohn alle Maaße,
mein Vater trösten wird.
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Confirmed with Paulus Gerhardts geistliche Lieder getreu nach der bei seinein Lebzeiten erschienenen Ausgabe wiederabgedruckt, Sechste Auflage, Gütersloh: Druck und Verlag von C. Bertelsmann, 1874, page 430-434.


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O Vater, nimm dein armes Kind
In deinen Gnaden Schos;
Der Sorgen so im Herzen sind, 
Mach du mich frei und los!

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Confirmed with Albert Knapps Evangelischer Liederschatz für Kirche, Schule und Haus. Eine Sammlung geistlicher Lieder aus allen christlichen Jahrhunderten, In vierter Ausgabe neu bearbeitet und bis auf die Gegenwart fortgeführt von Joseph Knapp, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'shen Buchhandlung, 1891, page 1046.


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Einst zieh' ich mit dem Sterbekleid
Mein Elend alles aus;
Mein Schmuck wird deine Herrlichkeit,
Mein Ort des Vaters Haus;

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Confirmed with Albert Knapps Evangelischer Liederschatz für Kirche, Schule und Haus. Eine Sammlung geistlicher Lieder aus allen christlichen Jahrhunderten, In vierter Ausgabe neu bearbeitet und bis auf die Gegenwart fortgeführt von Joseph Knapp, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'shen Buchhandlung, 1891, page 331.


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Author(s): Paul Gerhardt (1606 - 1676), Johann Gottfried Schöner (1749 - 1818), Christian Scriver (1629 - 1693)
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  I wander my pathway
that leads to my eternal home,
where, beyond all measure,
my Father shall comfort me.
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Oh Father, take Thy poor child
Into the bosom of Thy mercy;
Release Thou me of the anxieties that 
Beset my heart and make me free!

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Someday, in putting on my shroud,
I shall divest myself of all misery;
My adornment shall be Thy glory,
My place my Father's house;

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