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Hymnal Number
190Resource Type:
Keys included:
F
About this Hymn
Based partly on the hymn on "O Jesus, My Saviour, I Know Thou Art Mine," by Caleb Jarvis Taylor, this hymn comes to us from Methodist England, written by a humble iron smelter named James H. Duffell. It is said to have been used for the first time in a class at Spon Lane in the English town of West Bromwich. Duffell died in 1883, not long after moving to Sydney, Australia.
Lyrics
Verse 1
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.
Verse 2
I love thee because thou hast 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.
Verse 3
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."
Verse 4
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."
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.
Verse 2
I love thee because thou hast 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.
Verse 3
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."
Verse 4
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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Attribution & Copyright
Words: James H. Duffell, 1862
Music: Adoniram Judson Gordon, 1872
Music: Adoniram Judson Gordon, 1872