Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, February 2, 2024

"This Body in the Grave We Lay"

A couple months ago, I wrote a post on the Biblical sources for "This Body in the Grave We Lay" (to be published later this year).  While doing so, I noticed a small feature.

The third verse is:
The soul forever lives with God,
Who freely hath His grace bestowed
And through His Son redeemed it here
From ev'ry sin, from ev'ry fear.
The last line is sung to this musical phrase from the tune "Nun lasst uns den Leib":


The words "ev'ry sin" are sung to notes of all different pitches (A G F), giving a sense of the breadth or entirety of "ev'ry."