Bilingual
Sweeter As the Years Go By
- Words:
- Leila Naylor Morris, tr. Vicente Mendoza
- Music:
- Leila Naylor Morris
Sheet music
- 1Of Jesus’ love that sought me,When I was lost in sin;Of wondrous grace that bro’t meBack to His fold again;Of heights and depths of mercy,Far deeper than the sea,And higher than the heavens,My theme shall ever be.Sweeter as the years go by,Sweeter as the years go by;Richer, fuller, deeper,Jesus’ love is sweeter,Sweeter as the years go by.
- 2He trod in old JudeaLife’s pathway long ago;The people thronged about Him,His saving grace to know;He healed the broken hearted,And caused the blind to see;And still His great heart yearnethIn love for even me.Sweeter as the years go by,Sweeter as the years go by;Richer, fuller, deeper,Jesus’ love is sweeter,Sweeter as the years go by.
- 3’Twas wondrous love which led HimFor us to suffer lossTo bear without a murmurThe anguish of the cross;With saints redeemed in glory,Let us our voices raise,Till heav’n and earth re-echoWith our Redeemer’s praise.Sweeter as the years go by,Sweeter as the years go by;Richer, fuller, deeper,Jesus’ love is sweeter,Sweeter as the years go by.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1912, the words are in 147 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.