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Jesus, I Live to Thee

Jesus, I live to Thee

Author: Henry Harbaugh (1850)
Published in 162 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Jesus, I live to Thee,
The loveliest and best;
My life in Thee, Thy life in me,
In Thy blest love I rest.

2 Jesus, I die to Thee,
Whenever death shall come;
To die in Thee is life to me,
In my eternal home.

3 Whether to live or die,
I know not which is best;
To live in Thee is bliss to me,
To die is endless rest.

4 Living or dying, Lord,
I ask but to be Thine;
My life in Thee, Thy life in me,
Makes heaven forever mine.

The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

Author: Henry Harbaugh

Harbaugh, Henry, D.D., born in Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, Oct. 24, 1817, was of Swiss descent. In early life he was a farmer, carpenter, and teacher; but in 1840 he entered Marshall College, Mercersburg. Entering the ministry of the German Reformed body, he became, in 1844, Pastor at Lewisburg, Lancaster and Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and in 1864 Professor in Theology at Mercersburg. He died Dec. 27, 1867. He was Editor of the Guardian and the Mercersburg Review, in which he advocated what was called "Mercersburg Theology." His published works include sundry books about Heaven; Poems, Philadelphia, 1860, and Hymns & Chants for Sunday Schools, Lebanon, 1861. This last includes his hymns. The best known and most widely used of his compositions a… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jesus, I live to Thee
Title: Jesus, I Live to Thee
Author: Henry Harbaugh (1850)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Rejoice in the Lord #441

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The Cyber Hymnal #3330

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The New Century Hymnal #457

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Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #516

Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems #26b

Include 157 pre-1979 instances
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