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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
C
About this Hymn
An obituary for Mary D. James seems to encapsulate the sentiment of her most famous hymn: "Her life during the greater part of her more than seventy years was 'hid with Christ in God.' Spirituality was her normal state; her soul was ever wrapped in divine contemplations." The music for the hymn is from the conclusion of John Stainer's oratorio The Crucifixion (1887).
Lyrics
Verse 1
All for Jesus! All for Jesus! All my being's ransomed pow'rs, all my thoughts and words and doings, all my days and all my hours.
Verse 2
Let my hands perform his bidding, let my feet run in his ways; let my eyes see Jesus only, let my lips speak forth his praise.
Verse 3
Worldlings prize their gems of beauty, cling to gilded toys of dust, boast of wealth and fame and pleasure; only Jesus will I trust.
Verse 4
Since my eyes were fixed on Jesus, I've lost sight of all beside; so enchained my spirit's vision, looking at the Crucified.
Verse 5
Oh, what wonder! How amazing! Jesus, glorious King of kings, deigns to call me his beloved, lets me rest beneath his wings.
All for Jesus! All for Jesus! All my being's ransomed pow'rs, all my thoughts and words and doings, all my days and all my hours.
Verse 2
Let my hands perform his bidding, let my feet run in his ways; let my eyes see Jesus only, let my lips speak forth his praise.
Verse 3
Worldlings prize their gems of beauty, cling to gilded toys of dust, boast of wealth and fame and pleasure; only Jesus will I trust.
Verse 4
Since my eyes were fixed on Jesus, I've lost sight of all beside; so enchained my spirit's vision, looking at the Crucified.
Verse 5
Oh, what wonder! How amazing! Jesus, glorious King of kings, deigns to call me his beloved, lets me rest beneath his wings.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Mary D. James, 1871
Music: John Stainer, 1887
Music: John Stainer, 1887