22 December 2010

Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, You are the bane and death of death, You are the sword against death and all calamity, You are my life.  You preserve my temporal life, and assure me of the eternal.  Oh, be my gracious patron, protector, and fortress.  Strengthen me with Your power, that I may conquer death and every distress, and inherit eternal life.  -- Valerius Herberger, The Great Works of God, p. 272,3.

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