Hymns for Second Advent Believers 86
Jesus My All
1JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone:
He whom I fix my hopes upon;
His track I see, and I'll pursue
The narrow way, till him I view.
2The way the holy prophets went,
The road that leads from banishment,
The King's highway of holiness
I'll go, for all his paths are peace.
3This is the way I long have sought,
And mourn'd because I found it not;
My grief, a burden long has been,
Because I was not saved from sin.
4Lo! Glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee whose I am;
Nothing but sin I thee can give,
Nothing but love shall I receive.
5Then will I tell to all around,
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I'll point to thy redeeming blood,
And say, "Behold the way to God."
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- Boylston (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #385)
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- 9.8.8.8
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