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Hymnal Number
186Resource Type:
Keys included:
D
About this Hymn
In his Confessions Augustine wrote, "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." This medieval Latin hymn conveys the same yearning for Christ, our Savior, our life, our light, our living bread and sustaining fountain. It ends with a beautiful prayer for peace, purity, and illumination.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, thou fount of life, thou light of men, from the best bliss that earth imparts we turn, unfilled, to thee again.
Verse 2
Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood; thou savest those that on thee call: to them that seek thee, thou art good, to them that find thee all in all.
Verse 3
We taste thee, O thou living bread, and long to feast upon thee still; we drink of thee, the fountainhead, and thirst, our souls from thee to fill.
Verse 4
Our restless spirits yearn for thee, where'er our changeful lot is cast, glad when thy gracious smile we see, blest when our faith can hold thee fast.
Verse 5
O Jesus, ever with us stay; make all our moments calm and bright; chase the dark night of sin away, spread o'er the world thy holy light.
Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, thou fount of life, thou light of men, from the best bliss that earth imparts we turn, unfilled, to thee again.
Verse 2
Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood; thou savest those that on thee call: to them that seek thee, thou art good, to them that find thee all in all.
Verse 3
We taste thee, O thou living bread, and long to feast upon thee still; we drink of thee, the fountainhead, and thirst, our souls from thee to fill.
Verse 4
Our restless spirits yearn for thee, where'er our changeful lot is cast, glad when thy gracious smile we see, blest when our faith can hold thee fast.
Verse 5
O Jesus, ever with us stay; make all our moments calm and bright; chase the dark night of sin away, spread o'er the world thy holy light.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Cistercian hymn, 12th c.; tr. Ray Palmer, 1858, alt.
Music: H. Percy Smith, 1874
Music: H. Percy Smith, 1874