A hymn for Good Friday. Based on John 3:16, the hymn first appeared in Crüger’s Praxis pietatis melica (1661), no. 372 in 17 stanzas. No. 10 in Ebeling’s Pauli Gerhardi Geistliche Andachten (1666/67) and p. 65 in Feustking’s Pauli Gerhardi Geistreiche Hauss- und Kirchen-Lieder (1707).
Warum willst du draußen stehen
Text | Crüger | Ebeling | Feustking
Be of Good Cheer in All Your Wants
Philipp Heinrich Molther, stanza 16 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789, no. 181 (also 1886 edition, no. 217). Text | Scan