I’d Rather Have Jesus
- Words:
- Rhea F. Miller
- Music:
- George B. Shea
Sheet music
- 1I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold;I'd rather be His than have riches untold;I'd rather have Jesus than houses or lands,I'd rather be led by His nail-pierc’d handThan to be the king of a vast domain or be held in sin's dread sway;I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today.
- 2I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause,I’d rather be faithful to His dear cause;I’d rather have Jesus than worldwide fame,I'd rather be true to His holy nameThan to be the king of a vast domain or be held in sin's dread sway;I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today.
- 3He's fairer than lilies of rarest bloom,He's sweeter than honey from out the comb;He's all than my hungering spirit needs,I'd rather have Jesus and let Him leadThan to be the king of a vast domain or be held in sin's dread sway;I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1922, the words are in 49 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.