From Eternity, O God by Caspar Neumann, 1711, ab. (Tr. August Crull, 1923) Ac 8:15 LIEBSTER JESU—Johann Rudolph Ahle From Eternity, O God (or Gott, Du Hast in Deinem Sohn) 1 From eternity, O God, In Thy Son Thou didst elect me; Therefore, Father, on life’s road Graciously to heaven direct me; Send to me Thy Holy Spirit That His gifts I may inherit. 2 Though alive, I’m dead in sin, Lost to all good things by nature. Holy Ghost, change me within, Make of me a new-born creature; For the flesh