Redeemer
Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To Me
- Words:
- Paul Gerhardt, 1653. Translated by John Wesley, 1739.
- Music:
- 'Yoakley' William Yoakley, 1820.
- Setting:
- "The Lute of Zion", 1853.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 8 8 8
- 1Jesus, Thy boundless love to meNo thought can reach, no tongue declare;Unite my thankful heart with TheeAnd reign without a rival there.To Thee alone, dear Lord, I live;Myself to Thee, dear Lord, I give.
- 2O, grant that nothing in my soulMay dwell but Thy pure love alone!Oh, may Thy love possess me whole,My joy, my treasure, and my crown!All coldness from my heart remove;My every act, word, thought, be love.
- 3O love, how cheering is thy ray!All pain before thy presence flies;Care, anguish, sorrow, melt awayWhere'er thy healing beams arise.O Jesus, nothing may I see,Nothing desire or seek, but Thee!
- 4This love unwearied I pursueAnd dauntlessly to Thee aspire.Oh, may Thy love my hope renewBurn in my soul like heav'nly fire!And day and night be all my careTo guard this sacred treasure there.
- 5My Savior, Thou Thy love to meIn shame, in want, in pain, hast showed;For me, on the accursed tree,Thou pourest forth Thy guiltless blood;Thy wounds upon my heart impress,Nor aught shall the lov'd stamp efface.
- 6More hard than marble is my heart,And foul with sins of deepest stain;But Thou the mighty Savior art,Nor flowed thy cleansing blood in vain;Ah soften, melt this rock, and mayThy blood wash all these stains away!
- 7O that I, as a little child,May follow Thee, and never restTill sweetly Thou hast breathedThy mild And lowly mind into my breast!Nor ever may we parted be,Till I become as one with Thee.
- 8Still let Thy love point out my way;How wondrous things Thy love hath wrought!Still lead me, lest I go astray;Direct my word, inspire my thought;And if I fall, soon may I hearThy voice, and know that love is near.
- 9In suffering be Thy love my peace, In weakness be Thy love my power;And when the storms of life shall cease, Jesus, in that important hour,In death as life be Thou my guide, And save me, Who for me hast died.
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 382 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Yoakley, is in 36 hymnals. The tune →
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.