HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Stanza Arc
The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law (human guilt and Christ's rejection) → Gospel (substitutionary atonement and divine intercession) → Response (adoration and petition for pardon)
Associated Hymn Texts (5)
- Ah Holy Jesus How Hast Thou Offended
- O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken
- O Dearest Jesus, What Law Have You Broken
- O How Great Is Thy Compassion
- O Thou Who Hast of Thy Pure Grace
Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (3)
- Father Most Holy, Merciful, and Tender
- Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation
- O Lord, Our Father, Shall We Be Confounded
Notes on the Tune
From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.
TLH 240, Father Most Holy, Merciful, and Tender : HERZLIEBSTER JESU (Johann Crüger, 1640) in TLH; row 405 uses CHRISTE SANCTORUM.
TLH 258, Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation : HERZLIEBSTER JESU (Johann Crüger, 1640) in TLH; ISTE CONFESSOR in LSB/ELW.