Laudes Domini ‎#195

195. "Shall we forget"

1 Jesus! thy love shall we forget,
And never bring to mind
The grace that paid our hopeless debt,
And bade us pardon find?

2 Shall we thy life of grief forget,
Thy fasting and thy prayer;
Thy locks with mountain vapors wet,
To save us from despair?

3 Gethsemane can we forget--
Thy struggling agony
When night lay dark on Olivet,
And none to watch with thee?

4 Our sorrows and our sins were laid
On thee, alone on thee;
Thy precious blood our ransom paid--
Thine all the glory be!

5 Life's brightest joys we may forget--
Our kindred cease to love;
But he who paid our hopeless debt,
Our constancy shall prove.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus! thy love shall we forget
• Title: "Shall we forget"
• Author: William Mitchell
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Luke 22:44
• Topic: Charity; Christ: Character of; Christ: Example of; Christ: Humanity of; Christ: Life on the Earth; Christ: Love of; Christ: Temptation of; Conformity; Constancy

Tune Information

• Name: HELENA
• Composer: W. B. Bradbury
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A♭ Major