INTO THY GRACIOUS HANDS I FALL
"Into Thy hands I commend My Spirit." Luke 23:46
Words: Wolfgang Christoph Dessler, 1692; translated from German to
English by John Wesley, in Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780. The words are
from Dessler's longer "Mein Jesu dem die Seraphinen."
Music: "Calm," John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876).
Into Thy gracious hands I fall,
And with the arms of faith embrace;
O King of glory, hear my call!
O raise me, heal me by Thy grace!
Arm me with Thy whole armor, Lord,
Support my weakness with Thy might;
Gird on my thigh Thy conquering sword,
And shield me in the threatening fight.
From faith to faith, from grace to grace,
So in Thy strength shall I go on,
Till heaven and earth flee from Thy face,
And glory end what grace begun.