Voices United ‎#472

472. O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts

1 O Jesus, joy of loving hearts,
the fount of life, the light of all
from every 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 your ever-living bread,
and long to feast upon you still;
we drink of you, the fountainhead,
our thirsting souls from you we fill.

4 O Jesus, ever with us stay;
make all our moments calm and bright;
chase the bleak night of sin away;
shed o'er the world your holy light.

Text Information

• First Line: O Jesus, joy of loving hearts
• Title: O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts
• Translator: Ray Palmer (1858, alt.)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Church at Worship: Holy Communion; liturgical: Communion Songs; Adoration and praise; Comfort/Consolation; Consecration; Faith; Feast; God: Presence; Jesus Christ: Friend; Jesus Christ: Light; Jesus Christ: Love For; Jesus Christ: Person; Jesus Christ: Presence; Joy; Life; Light; Nurture; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Petition; Seeking God; Thirst For God; Truth; Lent 3: Year A; Easter 2: Year A; Pentecost: Year A; Proper 23: Year A; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year B; Proper 5: Year B; Proper 13: Year B; Proper 14: Year B; Proper 15: Year B; Lent 3: Year C; Proper 10: Year C; Proper 11: Year C; Proper 13: Year C; Proper 17: Year C; Tuesday in Holy Week: Year ABC
• Source: 12th century

Tune Information

• Name: MARYTON
• Composer: Henry Percy Smith (1874)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8
• Key: E♭ Major