' NlMM TON UNS HERR, DU TREUER
GOTT '
(' From us, 0 Lord. in mercy take ') Relayed from the Midland Institute,
Birmingham
LILIAN COOPER (Soprano)
GLADYS PALMER (Contralto)
Tom Pickering (Tenor) ARTHUR Cranmer (Bass)
G. D. Cunningham (Continuo)
THE Birmingham STUDIO CHORUS
AND ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Joseph LEWIS
English text by D. Millar Craig ,
Copyright B.B.C. 1929.
I. — Chorus :
0 take from us. Thou righteous Lord, Thy chastisement. Thy flaming sword Wherewith for sin we are oppress'd : Of countless sins we stand confessed. From warfare guard Thy people still, From famine, plague, and pv'ry ill !
II.— Aria (Tenor) :
Thou who all our frailty knowest. Yet to sinners mercy showest.
From us turn Thy wrath away ! Still thy sinful people cherish. Leave us not in that last day, Like Jerusalem to perish.
III.-Reeitafh" and Chorale (Soprano) :
0 God our Lord, Thy mercy show
So shall our country peace and plenty know.
When angry tempests on us fall.
On Thee 0 God, All Merciful, our Help
In need. we call:
Thy grace. Thy peace on us bestow !
Against the enemy of mankind, by Thy great might thou canst defend ub.
0 grant Thy grace, evil tho' we do. And pardon us who sin anew.
From righteousness whose feet are straying,
And ialt'rin" aye. Thy Truth gainsaying. With us in mercy. Lord. abide.
And guide us in Thy way. our sin confessing.
So when at last we come to seek Thy blessing.
Thy face, in wrath. Thou dost not hide.
IV,—Aria (Bass) :
Must yet on us Thine anger fall ?
Thy wrath is like a fire that seareth. My spirit is appall'd. and feareth, Ah, pity us and hear us call
On Thee nur Father, on Thy grace,
Tho' we have siHn'd before Thy face.
V.—Recitative and Chorale (Tenor) :
For sin hath brought Thy people low
Not ey'n Thy saints Thy Law are keepiBS, They come before Thee sham'd and weeping :
Thro' Satan cometh nought but woe. Yea. tho' we know his arts
That poison all our frail and yieldina hearts,
And to destruction seek to bring us, As tho' to lions he would Ming us.
The world and ev'n our mortal clay. Have led us ever from Thy way.
Temptations of the world, about us press, To hire us from the way of righteousness. Our trials know'st Thou, Lord. alone : Thy help alone can reach us.
And strength and wisdom teach us. Oh take us, Father, for Thine own.
VI.—Duet (Soprano and Alto) :
Remember Jesu's bitter death, 0 Father; and His Crucifixion,
His grievous wounds. His sore afflict ion, He gave His Life for all mankind That so salvation we might find ; Thro' all my days on earth below, 0 Clod of Love. Thy mercy show. In grief I draw my ev'ry breath Remember Jesu's bitter'death.
VII.—Chorale :
0 lead us, Lord. with Thy right hand, Grant peace and plenty to our land Give us Thy blessed word to know,' From Satan guard us here below,
And grant us evermore Thy Grace
That we may stand before Thy Face 1
Cantata for next Sunday. August 11, will be
No. 179—
' Siehe zu. dass deine Gottes— furcht nicht Heuchelei sei ? '
' Take thou heed, thy praise of God be not a false and vain thing.'