- first we will sing three verses of "When Love Is Found" (which was sung at our wedding, and Verne keeps wanting us to reprise), but whereas at our wedding we (the congregation: it was the processional hymn, trilingually in English, Esperanto and Japanese) sang vv. 1-3 per Wren and then Marilyn Hillyer's emendation of v. 5, ending "Lift up your hearts! Let love be fed / Through each deed done, through each word said", this time we will sing straight Wren, but omit vv. 3 & 4. It will, after all, be Communion Sunday.
- then we will sing the following text:
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, if ever I loved Thee,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
I love Thee because Thou has 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, if ever I loved Thee,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
Oh, who’s like my Savior? He’s Salem’s bright King;
He smiles and He loves me and helps me to sing:
I’ll praise him, I’ll praise Him with notes loud and clear,
While rivers of pleasure, while rivers of pleasure,
While rivers of pleasure my spirit shall cheer.
And now, hallelujah! the rest of my days
Shall gladly be spent in promoting His praise
Who opened His bosom to pour out this sea
Of boundless salvation, of boundless salvation,
Of boundless salvation for you and for me.
I hashed much of this over several years ago in a thread at the Mudcat Café, so I hereby incorporate all this verbiage.
What I still need to know is to whom to attribute this tune (MIDI) and what to call it.
Leland = Haruo
2 comments:
"My Jesus I Love Thee" is such a beautiful hymn! I really love it. But sorry, Leland, I have no idea who should get the credit for its composition. I hope someone else can shed some light on that for you.
The last verse is the final verse of seven verses from Oh Boundless Salvation, often called "The Founder's Song" by those in the Salvation Army. I don't recognize the other lyrics, however. I have the music in front of me, but it doesn't identify the composer.
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