The Love of Jesus

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The love of Jesus, love divine

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [The love of Jesus, love divine]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 The love of Jesus, love divine,
Is more than all to me;
That love transformed this heart of mine,
And set my spirit free.

Refrain:
The love of Jesus fills my soul,
That love so deep and broad,
Now like a mighty river rolls
From out the heart of God.

2 The love of Jesus bore the cross,
And all its bitter shame,
To save my soul from endless loss,
And carry all my blame. [Refrain]

3 The love of Jesus changed my life,
And brought me peace for pain,
It banished unbelief and strife,
Like sunshine after rain. [Refrain]

4 The love of Jesus is my song,
My consolation still;
Within its mighty fortress strong,
My soul shall know no ill. [Refrain]

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The love of Jesus, love divine
Title:	The Love of Jesus
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	The love of Jesus fills my soul
Publication Date:	1938
Copyright:	1937, by Haldor Lillenas