Timeless Truths ‎#292

292. My Jesus, I Love Thee

1 My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

2 I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

3 I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

4 In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

Text Information

• First Line: My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine
• Title: My Jesus, I Love Thee
• Author: William R. Featherstone (1864)
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Scripture:
  1 John 4:19
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/My_Jesus_I_Love_Thee); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (163); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (272)

Tune Information

• Name: GORDON
• Composer: Adoniram J. Gordon (1876)
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Key: F Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/My_Jesus_I_Love_Thee); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (163); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (272)