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Frederick W. Faber·Modern
Verse 1
O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord!
Forgive me, if I say,
For very love, thy sacred name
A thousand times a day.
Verse 2
I love thee so, I know not how
My transports to control;
Thy love is like a burning fire
Within my very soul.
Verse 3
Oh, wonderful! that thou should’st let
So vile a heart as mine
Love thee with such a love as this,
And make so free with thine!
Verse 4
O Light in darkness, Joy in grief!
O Heaven begun on earth!
Jesus my Love, my Treasure! who
Can tell what thou art worth?
Verse 5
O Jesus, Jesus, sweetest Lord!
What art thou not to me?
Each hour brings joys before unknown,
Each day new liberty.
Frederick W. Faber, “O Jesus, Jesus, Dearest Lord!”
Otterbein 1890 No. 292 · C.M · St. Agnes
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage
Ray Palmer·Modern
Verse 1
Jesus! my heart within me burns,
To tell thee all its conscious love;
And from earth’s low delight it turns,
To taste a joy like that above.
Verse 2
When thou to me dost condescend,
In love divine, thou blessed One,
The moments that with thee I spend,
Seem e’en as Heaven itself begun.
Verse 3
Though oft these lips my love have told,
They still the story would repeat;
To me the rapture ne’er grows old,
That thrills me, bending at thy feet.
Verse 4
I breathe my words into thine ear;
I seem to fix mine eyes on thine;
And sure that thou dost wait to hear,
I dare in faith to call thee mine.
Verse 5
Reign thou sole Sovereign of my heart;
My all I yield to thy control;
Oh! let me never from thee part,
Thou best Beloved of my soul!
Ray Palmer, “Jesus! My Heart Within Me Burns”
Otterbein 1890 No. 305 · L.M · Federal Street
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage