ST. PETER

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Christological foundation (stanzas 1-2) moving to eschatological hope (stanzas 3-4): Christ as Creator-Redeemer in present experience, Christ as Judge and Glorifier in future consummation

Associated Hymn Texts (4)

• How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds — John Newton (1779)
• Lord of the Worlds Above — Isaac Watts (1719)
• This Child We Dedicate to Thee — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1848)
• We Walk by Faith and Not By Sight — Henry Alford (1844)

Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (4)

• TLH 286 How Shall the Young Secure Their Hearts
• TLH 364 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
• TLH 396 Oh, for a Faith That Will Not Shrink
• TLH 618 Jerusalem, My Happy Home

Notes on the Tune

From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.

TLH 618, Jerusalem, My Happy Home : TLH: ST. PETER (Alexander R. Reinagle, 1836). Row 752 lists LAND OF REST, the American folk tune used in LW/LSB.