My Jesus, I Love Thee
I John 4:19
GORDON  |  Same-Tune Hymns  |  Bible Passage
Author: William R. Featherston, C. 1842-c.1870, alt.
Musician: Adoniram J. Gordon, 1836-1895

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My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

I'll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say, when the deathdew lies cold on my brow:
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow:
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.


OTHER HYMNS with the SAME TUNE:

•   Jehovah Tsidkenu  Robert M. McCheyne, 1813-1843


BIBLE PASSAGE:

19 We love him, because he first loved us.