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Text: | Jesus, Your Boundless Love to Me |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt |
Translator: | John Wesley |
Tune: | SURREY |
Composer: | Henry Carey |
1 Jesus, your boundless love to me
no thought can reach, no tongue declare.
O let my heart your dwelling be;
come, reign without a rival there.
Yours fully, yours alone I am;
O let your love my heart inflame.
2 O grant that nothing in my soul
may dwell, but your pure love alone;
O may that love possess me whole,
my joy, my treasure, and my crown.
All coldness from my heart remove;
my every act, word, thought, be love.
3 O love, how gracious is your way;
all fear before your presence flies.
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away
where'er your healing beams arise.
O Jesus, nothing may I do,
but seek my joy in serving you.
4 In suffering, be your love my peace;
in weakness, be your love my power;
and when the storms of life shall cease,
O Jesus, in that final hour,
for me be rod and staff and guide,
and draw me safely to your side.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, your boundless love to me |
Title: | Jesus, Your Boundless Love to Me |
Translator: | John Wesley (1739, alt.) |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt (1653) |
Meter: | 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Church in the World: Renewal: Transformation; Renewal; Transformation |
Notes: | Hymn text, suggested tune : ST CATHERINE. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SURREY |
Composer: | Henry Carey (1723) |
Meter: | 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
Key: | F Major |