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Sunday 22 November 2015

Lamb of God - Nikolaus Decius

Lamb of God, innocent
Slaughtered upon the Tree,
With patience never spent,
Though scorned so cruelly:
All sin, Thou, Lord, dost bear,
Else we must all despair.
Have mercy on us, Jesus!

Nikolaus Decius (1485 – 1541) Germany
Translated by Margarete Münsterberg

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