400 | The Hymnbook#401 | 402 |
Text: | Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee |
Translator: | Edward Caswall |
Tune: | ST. AGNES |
Composer: | John B. 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 Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,
Nor can the memory find
A sweeter sound than Thy blest name,
O Saviour of mankind!
3 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!
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 through eternity.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, the very thought of Thee |
Title: | Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee |
Translator: | Edward Caswall (1849) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Christ: Friend; Christ: Love of; Love and Communion(2 more...) |
Source: | Latin, 11th century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. AGNES |
Composer: | John B. Dykes (1866) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | G Major |