United Praise ‎#228

228. How Can I But Love Him?

1 So tender, so precious,
My Savior, to me;
So true and so gracious
I’ve found him to be.

Refrain:
How can I but love him?
But love him, but love him?
There’s no friend above him,
Poor sinner, for thee.

2 So patient, so kindly
T’ward all of my ways;
I blunder so blindly—
He love still repays. [Refrain]

3 Of all friends the fairest
And truest is he;
His love is the rarest
That ever can be. [Refrain]

4 His beauty, tho’ bleeding
And circled with thorns,
Is then most exceeding,
For grief him adorns. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: So tender, so precious, My Savior, to me
• Title: How Can I But Love Him?
• Author: J. E. Rankin, D.D.
• Refrain First Line: How can I but love him
• Publication Date: 1908
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [So tender, so precious]
• Composer: E. S. Lorenz
• Notes: Now Public Domain.