Eternity produced its blaze,
Time’s fulness hails its nearer rays;
Its brightness chases night away,
And kindles darkness into day.
O Jesu! brightest Morning-star!
Shed forth thy beams both near and far,
That all, in these our later days,
May know Thee, and proclaim thy praise.
[LIED FÜR DEN CHARFREITAG. I.]
Er ist um unsrer Missethat willen verwundet,
Und um unsrer Sünde willen zerschlagen.