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My Jesus, I Love Thee

Author: William R. Featherston Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 1,137 hymnals Topics: Love Our Love for God First Line: My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine Lyrics: 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." (optional choral ending) I love Thee, I love Thee, I love Thee, my Lord. Used With Tune: GORDON

Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost

Author: Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1895) Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 209 hymnals Topics: Love For God Lyrics: 1 Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost, taught by you, we covet most, of your gifts at Pentecost, holy, heavenly love. 2 Faith that mountains could remove, tongues of earth or heaven above, knowledge, all things, empty prove without heavenly love. 3 Though I as a martyr bleed, give my goods the poor to feed, all is vain, if love I need; therefore give me love. 4 Love is kind, and suffers long; love is meek, and thinks no wrong, love than death itself more strong; therefore give us love. 5 Prophecy will fade away, melting in the light of day; love will ever with us stay; therefore give us love. 6 Faith and hope and love we see, joining hand in hand, agree; but the greatest of the three, and the best, is love. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:31; 13, 14:1 Used With Tune: CHARITY

Cause me to come

Author: Edward R Miller Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Living the Christian Life Devotion and Love for God First Line: Cause me to come to Thy river, O Lord Used With Tune: [Cause me to come to Thy river, O Lord]

Jesus, take Your rightful place

Author: Karen David Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Living the Christian Life Devotion and Love for God First Line: Jesus, take Your rightful place in my life Used With Tune: [Jesus, take Your rightful place in my life]

The steadfast love of the Lord

Author: Edith McNeill Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Living the Christian Life Devotion and Love for God First Line: The Lord is my portion, says my soul Refrain First Line: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases Used With Tune: [The Lord is my portion, says my soul]

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1866-1960 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: Love of God for Us First Line: Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father Refrain First Line: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with thee; Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not, As thou hast been thou for ever wilt be. Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed thy hand hath provided, Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me! 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above, Join with all nature in manifold witness, To thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Scripture: Genesis 8:22 Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2,059 hymnals Topics: Love of God for Us Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most -- I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down; Did e’er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all. Scripture: John 19:2 Used With Tune: HAMBURG

O, How I Love Jesus

Author: Frederick Whitfield; anon. Appears in 605 hymnals Topics: God Known in Jesus Christ Praise to Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ: Blood; Love: For Christ First Line: There is a name I love to hear Lyrics: 1 There is a name I love to hear, I love to speak its worth; it sounds like music in my ear, the sweetest name on earth. Refrain: O, how I love Jesus, O, how I love Jesus, O, how I love Jesus, because he first loved me! 2 It tells me of a Savior's love, who died to set me free; it tells me of his precious blood, the sinner's perfect plea. (Refrain) 3 It tells of one whose loving heart can feel my deepest woe, who in my sorrow bears a part that none can bear below. (Refrain) Used With Tune: O, HOW I LOVE JESUS

Come, We That Love

Author: Robert Lowry; Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.8.6.6 with refrain Appears in 1,838 hymnals Topics: Love for God/Christ First Line: Come, we that love the Lord Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion Lyrics: 1 Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known, join in a song with sweet accord, join in a song with sweet accord and thus surround the throne, and thus surround the throne. [Refrain:] We're marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion; we're marching upward to Zion, the beautiful city of God. 2 Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God; but children of the heavenly King, but children of the heavenly King may speak their joys abroad, may speak their joys abroad. [Refrain] 3 The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets before we reach the heavenly fields, before we reach the heavenly fields, or walk the golden streets, or walk the golden streets. [Refrain] 4 Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry; we're marching through Emmanuel's ground, we're marching through Emmanuel's ground, to fairer worlds on high, to fairer worlds on high. [Refrain] Used With Tune: MARCHING TO ZION

Father of heaven, whose love profound

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 246 hymnals Topics: TheChurch Year Trinity; Confession of Sin; Forgiveness of Sin; God the Father Love Of; Invocation; Mercy, prayed for; Prayer General Petition Lyrics: 1 Father of heaven, whose love profound A ransom for our souls has found, Before Thy throne we sinners bend; To us Thy pardoning love extend. 2 Almighty Son! Incarnate Word! Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord! Before Thy throne we sinners bend; To us Thy saving grace extend. 3 Eternal Spirit, By whose breath The soul is raised from sin and death, Before Thy throne we sinners bend; To us Thy quickening power extend. 4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son! Mysterious Godhead! Three in One! Before Thy throne we sinners bend; Grace, pardon, life, to us extend! Used With Tune: WHEN IN THE HOUR OF UTMOST NEED