Jesus Is All the World to Me

Jesus is all the world to me, My life, my joy, my all

Author: Will L. Thompson (1904)
Tune: ELIZABETH (Thompson)
Published in 233 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Sibelius
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1 Jesus is all the world to me,
My life, my joy, my all;
He is my strength from day to day,
Without Him I would fall.
When I am sad, to Him I go,
No other one can cheer me so;
When I am sad, He makes me glad,
He’s my Friend.

2 Jesus is all the world to me,
My Friend in trials sore;
I go to Him for blessings, and
He gives them o’er and o’er.
He sends the sunshine and the rain,
He sends the harvest’s golden grain;
Sunshine and rain, harvest of grain,
He’s my Friend.

3 Jesus is all the world to me,
And true to Him I’ll be;
Oh, how could I this Friend deny,
When He’s so true to me?
Following Him I know I’m right,
He watches o’er me day and night;
Following Him by day and night,
He’s my Friend.

4 Jesus is all the world to me,
I want no better Friend;
I trust Him now, I’ll trust Him when
Life’s fleeting days shall end.
Beautiful life with such a Friend,
Beautiful life that has no end;
Eternal life, eternal joy,
He’s my Friend.

Author: Will L. Thompson

Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909) Born: November 7, 1847, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Died: Sep­tem­ber 20, 1909, New York, New York. Buried: Ri­ver­view Cem­e­te­ry, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Rebuffed in an ear­ly at­tempt to sell his songs to a com­mer­cial pub­lish­er, Thomp­son start­ed his own pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny. He lat­er ex­pand­ed, open­ing a store to sell pi­an­os, or­gans and sheet mu­sic. Both a lyr­i­cist and com­pos­er, he en­sured he would al­ways re­mem­ber words or mel­o­dies that came to him at odd times: No mat­ter where I am, at home or ho­tel, at the store or tra­vel­ing, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem wor­thy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this… Go to person page >

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #184
Timeless Truths #1127
  • Jesus_Is_All_the_World_to_Me.sib (SIB, Scorch)

Instances

Instances (13)TextImageAudioScore
African American Heritage Hymnal #382Image
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #184TextImageAudioScore
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #185
The United Methodist Hymnal #469TextImage
Baptist Hymnal 2008 #475TextImage
The Worshiping Church #491TextImage
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #612Image
Trinity Hymnal #653Text
Lift Every Voice and Sing II: an African American hymnal #77Text
Revival Hymns and Choruses #109
Hymns of Faith #217TextImage
Sing Joyfully #342TextImage
Celebration Hymnal #512Image