So Tender, So Precious
- Words:
- J. E. Ranklin
- Music:
- E. S. Lorenz
Sheet music
- 1So tender, so precious,My Savior to me;So true and so graciousI’ve found Him to be.How can I but love Him?But love Him, but love Him?There’s no friend above Him,Poor sinner, for thee.
- 2So patient, so kindlyTow’rd all of my ways;I blunder so blindly–He, love still repays.How can I but love Him?But love Him, but love Him?There’s no friend above Him,Poor sinner, for thee.
- 3Of all friends the fairestAnd truest is He;His love is the rarestThat ever can be.How can I but love Him?But love Him, but love Him?There’s no friend above Him,Poor sinner, for thee.
- 4His beauty, tho’ bleedingAnd circled with thorns,Is then most exceeding,For grief Him adorns.How can I but love Him?But love Him, but love Him?There’s no friend above Him,Poor sinner, for thee.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 74 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.