1 To Jesus' Heart all burning
With fervent love for man,
My heart, with fondest yearning,
Shall raise the joyful strain.
Chorus:
While ages course along,
Blest be, with loudest song,
The Sacred Heart of Jesus,
By ev'ry heart and tongue,
The Sacred Heart of Jesus,
by ev'ry heart and tongue.
2 O Heart for me on fire
With love no man can speak,
My yet untold desire
God gives me for Thy sake. [Chorus]
3 Too true! I have forsak'n
Thy flock, by willful sin,
Yet now let me be tak'n
Back to Thy fold again. [Chorus]
4 As Thou art meek and lowly,
And ever pure of heart,
So may my heart be wholly
Of Thine the counterpart. [Chorus]
5 When life away is flying
And earth's false glare is done,
Still, sacred Heart! in dying
I'll say I'm all Thine own. [Chorus]
Source: Laudis Corona: the new Sunday school hymn book, containing a collection of Catholic hymns, arranged for the principal seasons and festivals of the year #156b
First Line: | To Jesus' heart all burning with fervent love for men |
Author: | Aloys Schloer |
Language: | English |
Refrain First Line: | While ages course along |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Dem Herzen Jesu sing. Aloys Schlör. [Sacred Heart of Jesus.] This is found in Conrad Stösklin's Kathol. Gesang-und Gebet-Buch fur das Volk, Einsiedeln, 1856, No. 87, in 4 sts.; the St. Gall Gesang-Buch (R. C), 1863, No. 92, in 10 sts.; the Trier Gesang-Buch (R. C), 1871, No. 127, in 11 sts., &c. Translated as:—
To Jesus' Heart all burning, by A. J. Christie, in his The First Christmas: A Mystery Play, 1876, p. 29. Also in the St. Patrick's Hymn Book, Glasgow, 1862, No. 30, Hymns for the Year, 1867; Arundel Hymns, 1902, New Office Hymn Book, 1905, and others. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)