Yo Escucho, Mi Jesús

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Yo escucho, buen Jesús

Translator: Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars; Author: Lewis Hartsough
Tune: [I hear Thy welcome voice] (Hartsough)
Published in 26 hymnals

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	Just As I Am

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1 Yo escucho, buen Jesús,
Tu dulce voz de amor,
Que, desde el árbol de la cruz,
Invita al pecador.
Yo soy pecador,
Nada hay bueno en mí;
Ser objeto de tu amor
Deseo, y vengo a ti.

2 Tú ofreces el perdón
De toda iniquidad,
Si el llanto inunda el corazón
Que acude a tu piedad.
Yo soy pecador,
Ten de mi piedad.
Dame llanto de dolor,
Y borra mi maldad.

3 Tú ofreces aumentar
La fe del que creyó,
Y gracia sobre gracia dar
A quien en ti espero.
Creo en ti, Señor,
Solo espero en ti;
Dame tu infinito amor,
Pues basta para mí.

Source: Cantos Espirituales: para usarse en todos los servicios de la iglesia de Cristo (3rd rev. ed.) #151

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Translator: Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars

Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars was born in Benisa, Spain, April 23, 1837. He attended seminary in Valencia, studying Hebrew and Greek, and was ordained as a priest. He fled to Gibraltar in 1863 due to religious persecution where he abandoned Catholicism. He worked as a teacher and as a translator. One of the works he translated was E.H. Brown's work on the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church, which was his introduction to Protestantism. He was a leader of a Spanish Reformed Church in Gibraltar. He continued as a leader in this church when he returned to Spain after the government of Isabel II fell, but continued to face legal difficulties. He then organized the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and was consecrated as bishop in 1894. He… Go to person page >

Author: Lewis Hartsough

Hartsough, Lewis, was born at Ithaca, New York, Aug. 31, 1823. Of his hymns the following are in common use:—- 1. I hear Thy welcome voice. The Divine Invitation. 2. In the rifted Rock I'm resting. Safety in Jesus. 3. Lead me to the Rock that's higher. Safety in Jesus. 4. O who'll stand up for Jesus? All for Jesus Nos. 1-3 are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878 (1 and 3 with music by Hartsough). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Yo escucho, buen Jesús
Title:	Yo Escucho, Mi Jesús
English Title:	I hear Thy welcome voice
Author:	Lewis Hartsough
Translator:	Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars
Meter:	7.6.8.6.5.5.7.6
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	Public Domain