Take The World But Give Me Jesus
- Words:
- Fanny J. Crosby
- Music:
- John R. Sweney
Sheet music
- 1Take the world, but give me Jesus:All its joys are but a name;But His love, abideth ever,Thru eternal years the same.O, the height and depth of mercy!O, the length and breadth of love!O, the fullness of redemption,Pledge of endless life above!
- 2Take the world, but give me Jesus,Sweetest comfort of my soul;With my Savior watching o’er me,I can sing tho’ billows roll.O, the height and depth of mercy!O, the length and breadth of love!O, the fullness of redemption,Pledge of endless life above!
- 3Take the world, but give me Jesus,In His cross my trust shall be,Till, with clearer, brighter vision,Face to face my Lord I see.O, the height and depth of mercy!O, the length and breadth of love!O, the fullness of redemption,Pledge of endless life above!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1879, the words are in 149 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.