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Jesus! too late I Thee have sought

Jesus! too late I Thee have sought

Author: Henry Collins
Tune: ST. CHRYSOSTOM (Barnby)
Published in 3 hymnals

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Author: Henry Collins

Collins, Henry, M.A., educated at Oxford, where he graduated about 1854. He was ordained to the Ministry of the Church of England, but in Nov., 1857, he entered the Roman communion, becoming a member of the Cistercian Order in 1860. Author of Life of the Rev. Father Gentili, &c, 1861; The Spirit and Mission of the Cistercian Order , &c. His hymns were published by him before leaving the Church of England, in his Hymns for Missions , 1854, first published at Leeds, and then by Shrimpton of Oxford, and Masters of London. It contains 37 hymns, of which two only were by him:—"Jesu, meek and lowly" (Passiontide), and "Jesu, my Lord, my God, my all." (Love of Jesus desired) These hymns are in extensive use. --John Julian, Dictionary of H… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Jesus! too late I Thee have sought
Author: Henry Collins
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

Jesus, too late I Thee have sought. Part of "Jesu my Lord, my God, my all," p. 243, ii.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #427

Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #427
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Worship in Song #389
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Worship Song #70

Worship Song #70
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