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Text: | Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt |
Translator: | John Wesley |
Tune: | ST. CATHERINE |
Altered: | James G. Walton |
Composer: | Henri F. Hemy |
1 Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare;
O knit my thankful heart to Thee,
And reign without a rival there!
Thine wholly, Thine alone, I'd live,
Myself to Thee entirely give.
2 O grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell, but Thy pure love alone;
O may Thy love possess me whole,
My joy, my treasure, and my crown!
All coldness from my heart remove;
May every act, word, thought, be love.
3 O Love, how gracious is Thy way!
All fear before Thy presence flies;
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away,
Where'er Thy healing beams arise.
O Jesus, nothing may I see,
Nothing desire, or seek, but Thee.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, Thy boundless love to me |
Title: | Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt (1653) |
Translator: | John Wesley (1739; alt.) |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Christ: Guide; Christ: Love for; Christ: Love of(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. CATHERINE |
Composer: | Henri F. Hemy (1865) |
Altered: | James G. Walton (1871) |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. |
Key: | G Major |