Dr. Martin Luther's Deutsche Geistliche Lieder / The Hymns of Martin Luther Set to Their Original Melodies, With an English Version

by Martin Luther

XVIII. - Mitten wir im Leben sind.

The first stanza from Media vita in morte sumus. Notker, A.D. 912.

THOUGH IN MIDST OF LIFE WE BE.

TRANSLATION by R. Massie.

Melody (not from the Latin), 1525. Harmony by Erythraeus, 1608.

XIX. - Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist.

The first stanza from an ancient German hymn.

NOW PRAY WE ALL GOD, THE COMFORTER.

TRANSLATION by Arthur Tozer Russell.

Melody, 1525. Harmony by A. Haupt, 1869.