En Tí, Jesús, Dulce es Pensar

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En Tí, Jesús, dulce es pensar

Translator: Edward Caswall; Translator: George Paul Simmonds
Tune: ST. AGNES (Dykes)
Published in 6 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	I Stand Amazed in the Presence

Translator: Edward Caswall

Edward Caswall was born in 1814, at Yately, in Hampshire, where his father was a clergyman. In 1832, he went to Brasenose College, Oxford, and in 1836, took a second-class in classics. His humorous work, "The Art of Pluck," was published in 1835; it is still selling at Oxford, having passed through many editions. In 1838, he was ordained Deacon, and in 1839, Priest. He became perpetural Curate of Stratford-sub-Castle in 1840. In 1841, he resigned his incumbency and visited Ireland. In 1847, he joined the Church of Rome. In 1850, he was admitted into the Congregation of the Oratory at Birmingham, where he has since remained. He has published several works in prose and poetry. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872… Go to person page >

Translator: George Paul Simmonds

See also J. Pablo Simón.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	En Tí, Jesús, dulce es pensar
Title:	En Tí, Jesús, Dulce es Pensar
Original Language:	English
Translator:	Edward Caswall
Translator:	George Paul Simmonds
Source:	Latin Siglo XII
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	Tr. 1955 by George P. Simmonds

Psalm 104:34
(hymns)

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Tune

ST. AGNES (Dykes)

John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…

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