Word of God
Jesus Loves Me
- Words:
- Anna B. Warner, 1860.
- Music:
- 'untitled' by William B. Bradbury, 1862.
- Setting:
- William B. Bradbury, 1866.
- Metre:
- 7 7 7 7 10 11
- 1Jesus loves me! This I know,For the Bible tells me so.Little ones to Him belong;They are weak, but He is strong.Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
- 2Jesus loves me! He who diedHeaven's gate to open wide;He will wash away my sin,Let His little child come in.Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
- 3Jesus loves me! He will stayClose beside me all the way;Thou hast bled and died for me,I will henceforth live for Thee.Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
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- Written in 1859, the words are in 723 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is 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.