1 There is one who loves me, loves me tenderly:
'Tis Jesus my Savior so true;
To redeem me He died on the cruel tree,
I want to see Jesus, don't you?
Chorus:
I want to see Jesus, don't you?
My Friend and my Savior so true,
When I reach the bright portals, the home of immortals,
I want to see Jesus, don't you?
2 When I'm weak and dismayed He is ever near;
My strength He doth ever renew;
And with comforting words He my heart doth cheer,
I want to see Jesus, don't you? [Chorus]
3 Interceding is He in the heav'nly place,
To God for His chosen, tho' few;
All sufficient for me is His boundless grace,
I want to see Jesus, don't you? [Chorus]
4 First of all I'm longing my Lord to see,
When trials and troubles are thro',
In that beautiful home He's prepared for me,
I want to see Jesus, don't you? [Chorus]
Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #249
Thomas S. Cobb (1876-1942), a native Texan, was educated in much the same circles as [Austin] Taylor, and received his music diploma from the Western Normal and College of Music in Dallas. He taught singing schools across Texas and the bordering states, and was particularly noted for the "Cobb Quartet" made up of his four daughters. He was recruited to Firm Foundation by Showalter in 1935.(Finley, 122ff.) Cobb edited only four hymnals for Firm Foundation before his death in 1942, but among these was the significant New Wonderful Songs (1933); at 296 hymns it was part of the trend toward more substantial publications.
Prior to his work with Firm Foundation, Cobb edited hymnals for the Quartet Music Company of Fort Worth, Texas. A search o… Go to person page >
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