Scripture Verse

Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3

Introduction

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Edward Caswall (1814–1878)
National Portrait Gallery

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Words: Ber­nard of Clair­vaux, 12th Cen­tu­ry (Je­su dul­cis mem­or­ia). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by Ed­ward Cas­wall in Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1875.

Music: St. Ful­bert Hen­ry J. Gaunt­lett, 1849 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Henry J. Gauntlett (1805–1876)
National Portrait Gallery

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Lyrics

Jesu, Thy mer­cies are un­told
Through each re­turn­ing day;
Thy love ex­ceeds a thou­sand fold
Whatever we can say.

That love which in Thy pas­sion drained
For us Thy pre­cious blood;
That love where­by the saints have gained
The vi­sion of their God.

’Tis Thou hast loved us from the womb,
Pure source of all our bliss,
Our on­ly hope of life to come,
Our hap­pi­ness in this.

Lord, grant us, while on earth we stay,
Thy love to feel and know;
And, when from hence we pass away,
To us Thy glo­ry show.