Church Book ‎#224

224. Jesus! the very thought of Thee

1 Jesus! the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills the breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.

2 Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,
Nor can the memory find
A sweeter sound than Thy blest Name,
O Saviour of mankind!

3 O Hope of every contrite heart,
O Joy of all the meek!
To those who fall, how kind Thou art,
How good to those who seek!

4 But what to those who find? ah, this
Nor tongue nor pen can show;
The Love of Jesus, what it is,
None but His loved ones know.

5 Jesus, our only Joy be Thou!
As Thou our Prize wilt be;
Jesus, be Thou our Glory now,
And through eternity!

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus! the very thought of Thee
• Latin Title: Jesu dulcis Memoria
• Author: Bernard of Clairvaux (1153)
• Translator: Edward Caswall (1848)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Communion with Christ; Advent, Third Sunday; Circumcision; Name of Christ; New Years Day; Epiphany, Second Sunday; Epiphany, Third Sunday; Sundays in Lent; Second Sunday after Trinity; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate tune: #204, #221 or #417

Tune Information

• Name: REDHEAD, 66
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Composer from index: R. Redhead, 1853