1 Would you know why I love Jesus,
Why he is so dear to me?
‘Tis because my blessèd Saviour
From my sins has ransomed me.
Refrain:
This is why I love my Jesus,
This is why I love him so:
He has pardoned my transgressions,
He has washed me white as snow.
2 Would you know why I love Jesus,
Why he is so dear to me?
‘Tis because the blood of Jesus
Fully saves and cleanses me.
3 Would you know why I love Jesus,
Why he is so dear to me?
‘Tis because, amid temptation,
He supports and strengthens me.
4 Would you know why I love Jesus,
Why he is so dear to me?
‘Tis because in every conflict
Jesus gives me victory.
5 Would you know why I love Jesus,
Why he is so dear to me?
‘Tis because my friend and Saviour
He will ever, ever be.
Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #404
Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873.
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