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SDA Hymnal 321

My Jesus, I Love Thee

Words: William R. FeatherstoneMusic: Adoniram 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.

RefrainIf 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; John 3:16

The verse

Meter
11.11.11.11 · as printed
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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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,˘//˘/////˘10A
And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;˘//˘/˘˘/˘//11B
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.˘/˘˘//˘/˘//11B

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

Refrain

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.˘/˘˘//˘/˘//11A

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.