Hymns for the Living Church ‎#72

72. My Jesus, I Love Thee

1 My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

2 I love Thee, because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

3 I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death-dew lies cold on my brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

4 In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine
• Title: My Jesus, I Love Thee
• Author: William R. Featherstone (c. 1862)
• Meter: 11 11 11 11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Scripture:
  1 John 4:19
• Topic: Christ: Cross of; Christ: Love of; Love: Our Love

Tune Information

• Name: GORDON
• Composer: Adoniram J. Gordon (1876)
• Meter: 11 11 11 11
• Key: F Major