Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.
Friday, April 15, 2022
"Jesus, in Your Dying Woes"
A number of years ago, I noticed a small feature in "Jesus, in Your Dying Woes," sung to the tune "Septem verba." Here's the first musical phrase:
The eighteenth verse begins with the line "Brighten all our heav'nward way." The ascent in the melody illustrates the ascent to heaven mentioned in the text.
