Text: | O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts |
Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
Translator: | Ray Palmer, 1808-1887 |
Tune: | WALTON |
1 O Jesus, joy of loving hearts,
The fount of life, the light of all:
From ev'ry bliss that earth imparts
We turn, unfilled, to hear your call.
2 Your truth unchanged has ever stood;
You plead with all to call on you;
To those who seek you, you are good;
To those who find you, life is new.
3 We taste you, ever-living bread,
And long to feast upon you still;
We drink of you, the fountain-head;
Our thirsting souls from you we fill.
4 For you our restless spirits yearn,
Where'er our changing lot is cast;
Glad, when your smile on us you turn,
Blest, when by faith we hold you fast.
5 O Jesus, ever with us stay!
Make all our moments fair and bright!
Oh, chase the night of sin away!
Shed o'er the world your holy light.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Jesus, joy of loving hearts |
Title: | O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts |
Translator: | Ray Palmer, 1808-1887 (alt) |
Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
Meter: | L M |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | Community in Christ; Lent 2 (Year A); Pentecost 4 (Year C)(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WALTON |
Meter: | L M |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | W. Gardiner, Sacred Melodies, 1815 |