161: Hör an! mein Herz, die sieben Wort.

Hör an! mein Herz, die sieben Wort.--(Goed. 161.)

[Passiontide. (The seven words from the Cross.)]

Founded on the hymn of J. Böschenstein: "Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund" (which was called a translation from the Latin of Peter Bolandus, "Stabat ad lignum crucis"). It appeared in Crü. Praxis, 1653, no. 137, 1656, no. 137, in 15 stanzas.

English Versions:

1. Come now, my soul, thy thoughts engage.

Dr. H. Mills, 1845, 1856, p. 309.

2. Seven times the Savior spake--my heart.

R. Massie, in the British Herald, Sept., 1865, p. 133.

3. My heart! the seven words hear now.

J. Kelly, 1867, p. 63.

Selected Stanza:

Dr. H. Mills in his Horae Germanicae, 1856.