My Jesus I Love Thee

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Status: unknown
Writer / source: Text by William Ralph Featherston; tune by Adoniram J. Gordon
Rights: Public domain in the United States. Traditional arrangement by The Scrips.
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Earliest evidence: Text c. 1864; tune nineteenth century
Aliases / index: No alternate title or index recorded.
Working arrangement: Arrangement details not yet documented.

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My Jesus I Love Thee
Text by William Ralph Featherston; tune by Adoniram J. Gordon
Rights: public-domain-us

Verse 1:
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign
My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art Thou
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
I love Thee because Thou has first loved me
And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
I'll love Thee in life and I will love Thee in death
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
In mansions of glory and endless delight
I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now

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