Precious Jesus

Top Text Author Text Info Tune Timeline Instances

Precious Jesus, how I love You

Author: Thomas Whitfield
Tune: [Precious Jesus, how I love You]
ONE LICENSE: OLOFOB497
Published in 5 hymnals

Representative Text

Precious Jesus, how I love You.
How I lift high my voice with Your praise.
Holy Spirit, I implore Thee,
drench my heart as my lips part Your grace.
Precious Jesus, how I love You.
How I lift high my voice with Your praise.
Holy Spirit, I implore Thee,
drench my heart as my lips part Your grace.

I am persuaded, Lord, to love You.
I have been changed to bless Your name.
I am constrained by this great gospel,
for ever to worship Thee.

Source: Total Praise: songs and other worship resources for every generation #575

All representative texts • Compare texts • Text size: Regular | Large ^ top

Author: Thomas Whitfield

Thomas A. Whitfield (b 30 April 1954, Detroit, MI | d 20 June 1992, Southfield, MI) was among a young generation of gospel choir directors and accompanists who helped commercialize the contemporary gospel sound while remaining true to the traditional style. As a teenager, Whitfield accompanied Detroit’s Beverly Glenn Chorale on three of its earliest albums. Other career highlights include producing the debut solo albums of Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Yolanda Adams, and working with other leading lights, such as the Voices of Tabernacle, Edwin Hawkins, Shirley Caesar, and James Cleveland. His songs were popularized by The Thomas Whitfield Company, a choir he founded in 1977. He was accompanist and arranger for Aretha Franklin’s gospel alb… Go to person page >

^ top