1 I love him because I know him,
I feel him ever standing at my side;
When tempted, he’s always with me,
He still will love, whate’er betide.
Refrain:
I love him, my Redeemer,
He is so loving, so tender and so true;
I love him, O yes, I love him,
And, best of all, he loves me, too.
2 I love him because I trust him,
Thro’ days of joy or moments filled with grief;
When prostrate I fall before him,
His Word alone can give relief. [Refrain]
3 I love him because he suffered
And hung upon the cross of Calvary,
And, dying, he sealed my pardon
With his own blood upon the tree. [Refrain]
4 I’ll love him till, crossing Jordan,
My feet shall stand upon the golden shore,
And then, in my home eternal,
I’ll love and praise him evermore. [Refrain]
Source: Songs of Christian Service #107
Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >
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