Hymn
Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
Jesus! the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see
And in Thy presence rest.
No voice can sing, nor heart can frame,
Nor can the mem'ry find
A sweeter sound than Thy blest name,
O Savior of mankind.
O Hope of ev'ry contrite heart,
O Joy of all the meek,
To those who fall, how kind Thou art,
How good to those who seek!
But what to those who find? Ah, this
Nor tongue nor pen can show:
The love of Jesus, what it is,
None but His loved ones know.
Jesus, our only joy be Thou,
As Thou our prize wilt be;
Jesus, be Thou our glory now,
And thro' eternity!
Amen.
Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/jesus-the-very-thought-of-thee
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee?
The words of Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee are credited to St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Edward Caswall; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 2 more hymns by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, including Love Which Passeth Knowledge and O sacred head now wounded.
Is Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee public domain?
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What is the metre of Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee?
Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Faith the Evidence of Things Unseen, Our Father, God, Who Art in Heaven and There Is an Eye that Never Sleeps.