Text: | Jesus! The Very Thought Of Thee |
Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux |
Translator: | E. Caswall |
Tune: | ST. AGNES |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes |
1 Jesus! the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see
And in Thy presence rest.
2 No voice can sing, nor heart can frame,
Nor can the mem'ry find
A sweeter sound than Thy blest name,
O Savior of mankind.
3 O Hope of ev'ry contrite heart,
O Joy of all the meek,
To those who fall, how kind Thou art,
How good to those who seek!
4 But what to those who find? Ah, this
Nor tongue nor pen can show:
The love of Jesus, what it is,
None but His loved ones know.
5 Jesus, our only joy be Thou,
As Thou our prize wilt be;
Jesus, be Thou our glory now,
And thro' eternity!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus! the very thought of Thee |
Title: | Jesus! The Very Thought Of Thee |
Translator: | E. Caswall (1849, a.) |
Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux (1153) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Means of Grace: The Redeemer |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. AGNES |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes (1861) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | G Major |