My Jesus, I Love Thee (Featherston) - Revision history

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Haruo: New page: '''My Jesus, I Love Thee''' is the incipit of a four-stanza hymn written ca. 1862 by a Canadian boy (he apparently was 16 at the time) named William Ralph Featherston (many sources...

2007-07-30T04:27:55Z

New page: '''My Jesus, I Love Thee''' is the incipit of a four-stanza hymn written ca. 1862 by a Canadian boy (he apparently was 16 at the time) named William Ralph Featherston (many sources...

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'''My Jesus, I Love Thee''' is the [[incipit]] of a four-stanza hymn written ca. 1862 by a Canadian boy (he apparently was 16 at the time) named [[William Ralph Featherston]] (many sources give his last name as Featherstone, but apparently there was no final "e" to it). It was published, anonymously and obscurely, in 1862, more prominently but still anonymously in 1864, and eventually in 1902 Featherston was finally revealed as the lyricist.

==Lyrics==

As sung to ''Gordon'':

My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior 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, 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.

When sung to ''Boundless Salvation'', the first half of the last line of each stanza is triplicated, thus:

My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
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, if ever I loved Thee,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

I'll love Thee in life, 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, if ever I loved Thee,
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, if ever I loved Thee,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

==Associated Tunes==
* [[Gordon]]
* [[Boundless Salvation]]

==External Links==
[http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=55277 Mudcat Café thread dealing with issues of origins and tunes]
[http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/j/mjesusil.htm Lyrics at CyberHymnal.org]

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 ==Associated Tunes==
-* [[Gordon]]
+*[[Gordon]]
-* [[Boundless Salvation]]
+*[[Fidelity (Tune)|Boundless Salvation]]
 ==External Links==

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 ==External Links==
-[http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=55277 Mudcat Café thread dealing with issues of origins and tunes]
+* [http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=55277 Mudcat Café thread dealing with issues of origins and tunes]
-[http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/j/mjesusil.htm Lyrics at CyberHymnal.org]
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-My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
+My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;<br />
-For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
+For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.<br />
-My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
+My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;<br />
 If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
-I love Thee because Thou has first loved me,
+I love Thee because Thou has first loved me,<br />
-And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.
+And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.<br />
-I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
+I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;<br />
 If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
-I'll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
+I'll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,<br />
-And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
+And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;<br />
-And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
+And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,<br />
 If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
-In mansions of glory and endless delight,
+In mansions of glory and endless delight,<br />
-I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
+I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;<br />
-I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
+I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;<br />
 If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
-My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
+My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;<br />
-For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
+For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.<br />
-My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
+My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;<br />
-If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
+If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee, <br />
 If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
-I love Thee because Thou has first loved me,
+I love Thee because Thou has first loved me,<br />
-And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.
+And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.<br />
-I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
+I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;<br />
-If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
+If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee, <br />
 If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
-I'll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
+I'll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,<br />
-And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
+And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;<br />
-And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
+And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,<br />
-If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
+If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee, <br />
 If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
-In mansions of glory and endless delight,
+In mansions of glory and endless delight,<br />
-I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
+I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;<br />
-I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
+I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;<br />
-If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
+If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee, <br />
 If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
 ==Associated Tunes==