4983. O Hope of Every Contrite Heart

1. O hope of every contrite heart,
O joy of all the meek,
To those who fall, how kind Thou art!
How good to those who seek!

2. 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 show.

3. Jesus, our only joy be Thou,
As Thou our prize will be;
Jesus, be Thou our glory now,
And through eternity.

Text Information
First Line: O hope of every contrite heart
Title: O Hope of Every Contrite Heart
Latin Title: Jesu dulcis memoria
Author: Bernard of Clairvaux (12th Century)
Translator (from Latin): Edward Caswall
Meter: CM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Though found in some hymnals as a separate hymn, these words are also part of "Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee."
Tune Information
Name: ST. AGNES
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1866)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 33323 47155 53224
Key: G Major
Source: Hym­nal for Use in the Eng­lish Church, by John Grey, 1866
Copyright: Public Domain



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