Author: J. E. Rankin, D.D. Hymnal: United Praise #228 (1908) First Line: So tender, so precious, My Savior, to me Refrain First Line: How can I but love him Lyrics: 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] Tune Title: [So tender, so precious]
How Can I But Love Him?