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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 183b · Words: Paul Gerhardt · Tune: ST. CATHERINE
Jesu, Thy Boundless Love to Me
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →An English translation by John Wesley (1739) of Paul Gerhardt's 1653 German hymn 'O Jesu Christ, mein schönstes Licht.' It expresses total surrender to Christ and the transforming, all-consuming power of divine love.
Verse 1
Jesu, thy boundless
love to me
no thought can reach,
no tongue declare;
O knit my thankful
heart to thee
and reign without
a rival there.
Thine wholly,
thine alone, I am;
be thou alone
my constant flame.
Verse 2
O grant that nothing
in my soul
may dwell, but thy
pure love alone!
O may thy love
possess me whole,
my joy, my treasure,
and my crown.
Strange flames far
from my soul remove,
my every act, word,
thought, be love.
Verse 3
O Love, how cheering
is thy ray!
All pain before
thy presence flies!
Care, anguish, sorrow,
melt away
where’er thy healing
beams arise.
O Jesu,
nothing may I see,
nothing hear, feel,
or think, but thee!
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