Ask Me What Great Thing I Know
Ask ye what great thing I know,
that delights and stirs me so?
what the high reward I win?
Whose the name I glory in?
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Who defeats my fiercest foes?
Who consoles my saddest woes?
Who revives my fainting heart,
healing all its hidden smart?
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Who is life in life to me?
Who the death of death will be?
Who will place me on his right,
with the countless hosts of light?
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
This is that great thing I know;
this delights and stirs me so:
faith in him who died to save,
him who triumphed o’er the grave:
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 am
Trinity Reformed Baptist Church Discussions » Blog Archive » Psalm 71 - Psalm of an Old Man says:[...] Ps 71:18-19 This old man, in spite of a long life of labor and this recent disappointment, isn’t thinking about a comfortable retirement at the beach – he looks forward (and asks for the opportunity) to “proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come…” He has so much to tell and eagerly desires the opportunity to pass on what great thing he knows! [...]
November 4th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Thanks for posting Johann Schwedler’s fine hymn. Sometimes it’s helpful to sort through the confusion of ideas and pin down the essentials. It’s rather like the blind man Jesus healed who said, “One thing I know” (Jn. 9:25), or Paul’s “one thing I do” (Phil. 3:13).
If you enjoy learning about the background of our hymns, I invite you to check out my daily blog on the subject, Wordwise Hymns. God bless.