1 Is Jesus grieved when the heart of sin
Refuseth to hear his voice;
While he waits to bless all who confess
The Saviour now as their choice.
O yes, I know it grieves him so,
For he longs our souls to set free,
And his love he offers, full pardon proffers;
O heed, he is calling thee.
2 Is Jesus grieved when his wayward child
Reclaimed from the ranks of sin;
In some evil hour, lets the tempter’s pow’r
Once more a sad vict’ry win.
O yes, I’m sure, his love so pure
Still yearns to welcome his won.
And in tones so tender he says remember,
Ye cannot endure alone.
3 Is Jesus grieved when the darkened heart
Rejecteth the light he gives;
When our hope grows dim, and we stray from him
Who died, and has ris’n, and lives?
O yes, I know he feels our woe,
He has suffered death for us all,
But again he liveth and ever giveth
Us life, when on him we call.
4 Is Jesus grieved when we wander far
Away from his shelt’ring care?
Leaving Shepherd’s fold, facing storm and cold,
On mountains so bleak and bare;
O yes, I know he loves us so,
And he longs to gather his own,
To the mansions fairer, of beauty rarer
Than ever we here have known.
Source: The Old Story in Song Number Two #30
Jane Evelyn Hussy was born 8 February 1874 in Henniker, N.H. She was an invalid from rheumatism. She began writing verse as a child. The first were published when she was thirteen. At sixteen she began to write stories, articles and designs for crochet needlework for magazines. In 1898 her first hymns were published. She was a member of the Society of Friends.
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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