Y DEAR Jesus I'll not leave,
Who for me Himself hath given;
Therefore unto Him I'll cleave,
Nor from Him be ever driven;
Life from Him doth light receive:
My dear Jesus I'll not leave.
2 Jesus will I never leave,
While on earth I am abiding;
My full trust He shall receive;
What I have without dividing,
All to Him I freely give:
My dear Jesus I'll not leave.
3 Though my sight shall pass away,
Hearing, taste and feeling fail me;
Though the earth's last light of day
Shall o'ertake and sore assail me;
E'en when my last sigh I heave,
My dear Jesus I'll not leave.
4 Nor will I my Jesus leave
When at length I shall come thither
Where His saints He will receive,
That in bliss they live together;
Endless joy to me He'll give;—
My dear Jesus I'll not leave.
5 Not for earth's vain joys I crave,
Not for heaven's glorious pleasure; Jesus who my soul did save
Shall be my Desire and Treasure; He redemption did achieve:
My dear Jesus I'll not leave.
6 Jesus shall I never leave,
To His side still firmly clinging:
Christ leads all who Him receive
To life's waters ever springing.
Blessed they who to Him cleave!-
My dear Jesus I'll not leave.
ESUS, the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.
2 Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,
Nor can the memory find
A sweeter sound than Thy blest name,
O Savior of mankind!
3 O Hope of every contrite heart,
O Joy of all the meek!
To those who fall, how kind Thou art,
How good to those who seek!
4 Jesus, our only Joy be Thou!
As Thou our prize wilt be; Jesus, be Thou our glory now, And through eternity.
Bernard of Clairvaux.
E. Caswall, Tr.
TAKE Thou my hand, O Father,
And lead Thou me,
Until my journey endeth,
Alone I will not wander
One single day;
Be Thou my true Companion
And with me stay.
2 O cover with Thy mercy
My poor, weak heart!
Let every thought rebellious
From me depart.
Permit Thy child to linger
Here at Thy feet,
And blindly trust Thy goodness
With faith complete.
3 Though naught of Thy great power
May move my soul,
With Thee through night and darkness
I reach the goal.
Take, then, my hands, O Father,
And lead Thou me
Until my journey endeth
J. v. Haussmann. H. Brueckner, Tr.
POW'R of love, all else transcending,
In Jesus present evermore,
I worship Thee, in homage bending,
And sing of Thy celestial lore:
Yea, let my soul, in deep devotion,
Bathe in love's mighty boundless ocean.
2 Thou art my rest, no earthly treasure
Can satisfy my yearning heart,
And naught can give to me the pleasure
I find in Thee, my chosen part.
Thy love, so tender and caressing,
Is joy to me, and every blessing.
3 To Thee my heart and life be given,
Thou art in truth my highest Good;
For me Thy sacred side was riven,
For me was shed Thy precious blood.
O Thou who art the world's salvation,
Be Thine my love and adoration.
G. Tersteegen. H. Brueckner, Tr.
ESUS, Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
2 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb,
Who from the Father's bosom came,
Who died for me, sin to atone,
Now as my Lord and God I own.
3 Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,
Which at the mercy-seat of God
Forever doth for sinners plead,
For me, e'en for my soul was shed.
4 Lord, I believe, were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean-shore,
Thou hast for all a ransom paid,
For all a full atonement made.
5 When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
E'en then this shall be all my plea,-
Jesus hath lived,-hath died for me!
N. L. von Zinzendorf.
C. Wesley, Tr.
THOU 'HOU art the Way, the Truth, the Life from heaven,
This blest assurance Thou to us hast given; O wilt Thou teach us, Lord to win Thy plea
2 Thou are the Way: to reach our destination We sorely need Thee, Fount of our salvation; Lest we should stumble when our sins beset us,
3 Thou art the Truth: though darkness overtake us,
Thy heavenly light will nevermore forsake
O shine within us, all our gloom dispelling, Make us Thy dwelling.
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