O Lord Jesus, I adore thee

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O Lord Jesus, I adore thee

Author: Jan Mombaer; Paraphraser: John Macleod Campbell Crum
Tune: ST. THOMAS (Wade)
Published in 2 hymnals

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PART ONE -
1 O Lord Jesus, I adore thee
for the bread of worth untold
freely given in thy communion,
wonderful a thousandfold,
given today in loving bounty
more than my poor heart can hold.

2 Make thou of my soul an orchard
quickened into fruitfulness;
come, O come, life-giving Manna,
making glad my wilderness:
sweeter far than any sweetness
tongue can taste or words express.

PART TWO -
3 Ah, Lord Jesus go not from me,
stay, ah, stay with me, my Lord;
make me shrink from whatsoever
will not with thy name accord;
act through me in every action,
speak through me in every word.

4 Would that I could keep thee always
in mine inmost heart to be,
thou and only thou suggesting
every thought and wish in me;
all my soul, with singing, offered
for a sacrifice to thee.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #613

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Author: Jan Mombaer

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Paraphraser: John Macleod Campbell Crum

Crum, John Macleod Campbell Born: October 12, 1872, Mere Old Hall, Cheshire, England. Died: December 19, 1958, Farnham, Surrey, England. A graduate of New College, Oxford (BA 1895, MA 1901), Crum was ordained as a deacon in 1897, and priest in 1900. He was assistant curate at St. John the Evangelist, Darlington (1897-1901); domestic chaplain to Francis Paget, Bishop of Oxford (1901-10); assistant curate, Windsor (1907-10); Vicar of Mentmore with Ledburn (1910-12); Rector of Farnham (1913-28); and Canon of Canterbury (1928-43). His works include: Road Mending on the Sacred Way, 1924 What Mean Ye by These Stones? 1926 The Original J… Go to person page >

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	O Lord Jesus, I adore thee
Latin Title:	Eia, Jesu, adorande
Author:	Jan Mombaer
Paraphraser:	John Macleod Campbell Crum
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.7
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ST. THOMAS (Wade)

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