O Lord Jesus, I adore thee

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PART ONE -
1 O Lord Jesus, I adore thee
for the bread of worth untold
freely given in thy communion,
wonderful a thousandfold,
given today in loving bounty
more than my poor heart can hold.

2 Make thou of my soul an orchard
quickened into fruitfulness;
come, O come, life-giving Manna,
making glad my wilderness:
sweeter far than any sweetness
tongue can taste or words express.

PART TWO -
3 Ah, Lord Jesus go not from me,
stay, ah, stay with me, my Lord;
make me shrink from whatsoever
will not with thy name accord;
act through me in every action,
speak through me in every word.

4 Would that I could keep thee always
in mine inmost heart to be,
thou and only thou suggesting
every thought and wish in me;
all my soul, with singing, offered
for a sacrifice to thee.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #613

Author: Jan Mombaer

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Paraphraser: John Macleod Campbell Crum

Crum, John Macleod Campbell Born: Oc­to­ber 12, 1872, Mere Old Hall, Che­shire, Eng­land. Died: De­cem­ber 19, 1958, Farn­ham, Sur­rey, Eng­land. A graduate of New Coll­ege, Ox­ford (BA 1895, MA 1901), Crum was or­dained as a dea­con in 1897, and priest in 1900. He was as­sist­ant cur­ate at St. John the Evan­gel­ist, Dar­ling­ton (1897-1901); do­mes­tic chap­lain to Fran­cis Pa­get, Bi­shop of Ox­ford (1901-10); as­sist­ant cur­ate, Win­dsor (1907-10); Vi­car of Ment­more with Led­burn (1910-12); Rec­tor of Farn­ham (1913-28); and Ca­non of Can­ter­bu­ry (1928-43). His works in­clude: Road Mend­ing on the Sac­red Way, 1924 What Mean Ye by These Stones? 1926 The Orig­in­al J… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O Lord Jesus, I adore thee
Latin Title: Eia, Jesu, adorande
Author: Jan Mombaer
Paraphraser: John Macleod Campbell Crum
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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ST. THOMAS (Wade)

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