1 Blessed Jesus, how I love Thee!
All my heart to Thee I give;
In my life there’s none above Thee,
Day by day for Thee I live.
Refrain:
Keep, O keep me Thine forever,
Hold me in Thine arms of love;
Naught my heart and Thine shall sever,
O Thou blessèd Friend above.
2 Of Thy grace my soul is singing,
Thou art all in all to me;
To Thy promise I am clinging,
Sure that I Thy face shall see. [Refrain]
3 Keep me faithful, Friend eternal,
Let Thy glory be my pride,
Till in yonder world supernal,
In Thy glory I abide. [Refrain]
4 Soon will end all sin, all scorning,
Soon my soul will find her own,
In that land of endless morning,
When I see Thee on Thy throne. [Refrain]
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16022
Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >
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