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Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 299 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-12 Lyrics: 1 Jesus! the name high over all, In hell or earth or sky; Angels and men before it fall, And devils fear and fly. 2 Jesus! the name to sinners dear, The name to sinners given; It scatters all their guilty fear; It turns their hell to heaven. 3 O that the world might taste and see The riches of His grace! The arms of love that compass me Would all mankind embrace. 4 His only righteousness I show, His saving truth proclaim; 'Tis all my business here below To cry, "Behold the Lamb!" 5 Happy, if with my latest breath I may but gasp His name; Preach Him to all and cry in death, "Behold, behold the Lamb!" Topics: The Gospel; Covenant; Gospel Tidings; Morning; Opening Used With Tune: GRÄFENBERG

Jesus, the Very Thought of You

Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,026 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the very thought of you fills us with sweet delight, but sweeter far your face to view and rest within your light. 2 No voice can sing, no heart can frame, nor can the memory find a sweeter sound than your blest name, O Savior of mankind! 3 O Hope of every contrite heart, O Joy of all the meek, how kind you are to those who fall, how good to those who seek! 4 But what to those who find? Ah, this no tongue or pen can show; the love of Jesus, what it is none but his loved ones know. Topics: Love God's Love to Us; Redemption; Hope; Joy; Love God's Love to Us; Redemption Used With Tune: ST. AGNES Text Sources: Latin, 12th cent

Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me

Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 347 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:8 Lyrics: 1. Jesus, Thy boundless love to me No thought can reach, no tongue declare; O bind my thankful heart to Thee, And reign without a rival there: Thine wholy, Thine alone, I am; Be Thou alone my constant flame. 2. O grant that nothing in my soul May dwell but Thy pure love alone; O may Thy love possess my whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown: All coldness from my heart remove; May ev'ry act, word, thought, be love. 3. O Love, how gracious is Thy way! All fear before Thy presence flies; Care, anguish, sorrow melt away, Where'er Thy healing beams arise: O Jesus, nothing may I see, Nothing desire, or seek, but Thee. 4. In suff'ring, be Thy love my peace; In weakness, be Thy love my pow'r; And when the storms of life shall cease, O Jesus, in that solemn hour, In death as life be Thou my guide, And save me, who for me hast died. Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

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Jesus, the Very Thought of You

Author: Edward Caswall Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #480 (1987) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Ephesians 3 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the very thought of you fills us with sweet delight, but sweeter far your face to view and rest within your light. 2 No voice can sing, no heart can frame, nor can the memory find a sweeter sound than your blest name, O Savior of mankind! 3 O Hope of every contrite heart, O Joy of all the meek, how kind you are to those who fall, how good to those who seek! 4 But what to those who find? Ah, this no tongue or pen can show; the love of Jesus, what it is none but his loved ones know. Topics: Love God's Love to Us; Redemption; Hope; Joy; Love God's Love to Us; Redemption Languages: English Tune Title: ST. AGNES

Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me

Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Hymnal: Baptist Hymnal 1991 #123 (1991) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Scripture: Ephesians 3:8 Lyrics: 1. Jesus, Thy boundless love to me No thought can reach, no tongue declare; O bind my thankful heart to Thee, And reign without a rival there: Thine wholy, Thine alone, I am; Be Thou alone my constant flame. 2. O grant that nothing in my soul May dwell but Thy pure love alone; O may Thy love possess my whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown: All coldness from my heart remove; May ev'ry act, word, thought, be love. 3. O Love, how gracious is Thy way! All fear before Thy presence flies; Care, anguish, sorrow melt away, Where'er Thy healing beams arise: O Jesus, nothing may I see, Nothing desire, or seek, but Thee. 4. In suff'ring, be Thy love my peace; In weakness, be Thy love my pow'r; And when the storms of life shall cease, O Jesus, in that solemn hour, In death as life be Thou my guide, And save me, who for me hast died. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. CATHERINE

Jesus! the Name High Over All

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #212 (2011) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-12 Lyrics: 1 Jesus! the name high over all, In hell or earth or sky; Angels and men before it fall, And devils fear and fly. Jesus! the name of sinners dear, The name to sinners given; It scatters all their guilty fear; It turns their hell to heaven. 2 Jesus the prisoner's fetters breaks, And bruises Satan's head; Power into strengthless souls it speaks, And life into the dead. O that the world might taste and see The riches of His grace! The arms of love that compass me Would all mankind embrace. 3 His only righteousness I show, His saving truth proclaim; 'Tis all my business here below To cry, "Behold the Lamb!" Happy, if with my latest breath I may but gasp His name; Preach Him to all and cry in death, "Behold, behold the Lamb!" Topics: The Gospel; Covenant; Gospel Tidings; Morning; Opening Languages: English Tune Title: VARINA

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Willard F. Jabusch

1930 - 2018 Person Name: Willard Francis Jabusch, 1930- Scripture: Ephesians 3:7-13 Author of "God has spoken to his people" in Together in Song Willard F. Jabusch (b. 1930) received degrees from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois, and Loyola University, Chicago. He also earned a doctorate at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1986), and studied music at the Chicago Conservatory and the University of London. A parish priest at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Chicago from 1956 to 1961, he taught at Niles College of Loyola University from 1963 to 1966 and at the Mundelein Seminary from 1968 to 1990. Since 1990 Jabusch has been director of Calvert House, the Roman Catholic student center at the University of Chicago. His theological publications include The Person in the Pulpit (1980), Walk Where Jesus Walked (1986), and The Spoken Christ (1990). He has written some forty tunes and one hundred hymn texts, often pairing them with eastern European and Israeli folk tunes. Bert Polman

Charles Price Jones

1865 - 1949 Person Name: Charles P. Jones Scripture: Ephesians 3:11-20 Author of "O God, Command Thy People's Strength" in His Fullness Songs Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness in his congregation, Mount Helm Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. He faced much opposition from some members of his congregation and other Baptist churches. Eventually the church voted to remove "Baptist" and change it to "Church of Christ." For several years, Jones led a non-denominational holiness movement. In 1899 he began to write songs for his church. Most of his hymns were inspired by a scripture passage. The congregation built the Christ Temple campus which included a 1000 seat sanctuary, a printing press, a school building, and a girl's dormitory. In 1917, Jones organized Christ Temple Church in Los Angeles and moved the printing press there. He died January 19, 1949 in Los Angeles Dianne Shapiro, from Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. website and "Charles Price Jones (1865-1949) Religious Leader" by David Daniels, Mississippi Encyclopedia website (both accessed 10/9/2020)