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Christ in Song 295

My Jesus, I Love Thee

Words: W. R. FeatherstoneMusic: A. J. GordonTune: Gordon11, 11, 11, 11.

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1My 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.

2I 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.

3I'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.

4In 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.

Tune
Gordon
Meter
11, 11, 11, 11.
Scripture
1 John 4:19

The verse

Meter
11.11.11.11 · as printed
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine;˘/˘˘//˘////11A
For thee all the follies of sin I resign;˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//11B
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.˘/˘˘//˘/˘//11B

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.˘//˘/////˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘//˘/˘//43A

Verse 3

I'll love thee in life, I will love thee in death,///˘/˘˘//˘/11A
And praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath;˘//˘/˘//˘˘/11A
And say when the death-dew lies cold on my brow,˘//˘??//˘˘/11B
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.˘/˘˘//˘/˘//11B

Verse 4

In mansions of glory and endless delight,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright;//˘˘//˘/˘˘/11A
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow,//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.˘/˘˘//˘/˘//11B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.