The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3388

3388. Jesu, Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire

1. Jesu, our hope, our heart’s desire,
Thy work of grace we sing;
Redeemer of the world art Thou,
Its maker and its king.

2. How vast the mercy and the love,
Which laid our sins on Thee,
And led Thee to a cruel death,
To set Thy people free!

3. But now the bonds of death are burst;
The ransom has been paid;
And Thou art on Thy Father’s throne,
In glorious robes arrayed.

4. O may Thy mighty love prevail
Our sinful souls to spare!
O may we stand around Thy throne,
And see Thy glory there!

5. Jesu, our only joy be Thou,
As Thou our prize wilt be;
In Thee be all our glory now
And through eternity.

6. All praise to Thee who art gone up
Triumphantly to Heav’n;
All praise to God the Father’s name
And Holy Ghost be given.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesu, our hope, our heart's desire
• Title: Jesu, Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire
• Latin Title: Jesu nostra redemptio, Amor et desiderium
• Author: Anonymous (7th or 8th century)
• Translator (from Latin): John Chandler
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Translation: Hymns of the Primitive Church, 1837) & the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: METZLER'S REDHEAD
• Composer: Richard Redhead (1859)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 32115 66556 71166
• Key: D Major
• Source: Ancient Hymn Melodies and Other Church Tunes, 1859
• Copyright: Public Domain