Text: | My God, I Love Thee |
Translator: | Edward Caswall |
Tune: | ST. COLUMBA |
1. My God, I love thee, not because
I hope for heaven thereby,
nor yet because, if I love not,
I must forever die.
2. Thou, O my Jesus, thou didst me
upon the cross embrace;
for me didst bear the nails and spear
and manifold disgrace.
3. Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ,
should I not love thee well?
Not for the sake of winning heaven,
nor of escaping hell.
4. Not with the hope of gaining aught,
not seeking a reward,
but as thyself hast loved me,
O everlasting Lord.
5. So would I love thee, dearest Lord,
and in thy praise will sing;
because thou art my loving God
and my eternal King.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My God, I love thee |
Title: | My God, I Love Thee |
Translator: | Edward Caswall (1849) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Source: | Latin, 17th cent. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. COLUMBA |
Meter: | 87.87 |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Irish melody; harm. from The English Hymnal, 1906 |
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