Jesus, my Love, my chief delight. B. Beddome. [Jesus, the Gift of God.] Published in Rippon's Selection, 1787, No. 171, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines. In Beddome's Hymns, 1817, No. 96, it is given as "Jesus, my Lord, my chief delight." This form is in the Hymns & Songs of Praise, N. Y., 1874.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)