The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4983

4983. O Hope of Every Contrite Heart

1. 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!

2. 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 show.

3. Jesus, our only joy be Thou,
As Thou our prize will be;
Jesus, be Thou our glory now,
And through eternity.

Text Information

• First Line: O hope of every contrite heart
• Title: O Hope of Every Contrite Heart
• Latin Title: Jesu dulcis memoria
• Author: Bernard of Clairvaux (12th Century)
• Translator (from Latin): Edward Caswall
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Though found in some hymnals as a separate hymn, these words are also part of "Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee."

Tune Information

• Name: ST. AGNES
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1866)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 33323 47155 53224
• Key: G Major
• Source: Hym­nal for Use in the Eng­lish Church, by John Grey, 1866
• Copyright: Public Domain