Jesus Thy Boundless Love To Me [#BoundlessLove #JesusThyBoundlessLove #JesusThyBoundlessLoveToMe #BoundlessLoveToMe]
Jesus Thy Boundless Love To Me [#BoundlessLove #JesusThyBoundlessLove #JesusThyBoundlessLoveToMe #BoundlessLoveToMe]
Song based on the Bible verse:
Ephesians 3:18
may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—
Song written by:
Original in German: Paul Gerhardt (March 12, 1607 Gräfenhainichen, Germany, Electorate of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire – May 27, 1676 Lübben, Germany, Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg in the Holy Roman Empire
Translated to English from German: John Wesley (June 28, 1703 Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, UK – March 1791 21, London, England, UK)
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Jesus 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
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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
All coldness from my heart remove
My every act word thought be love
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 Jesus nothing may I see
And nothing desire or seek but Thee
4
This love unwearied I pursue
And dauntlessly to Thee aspire
O may Thy love my hope renew
Burn in my soul like heav’nly fire
And day and night be all my care
To guard this sacred treasure there
1
Jesus 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
2
O grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell but Thy pure love alone
Oh may Thy love possess me whole
My Joy my Treasure and my Crown
Strange fires far from my heart remove
My every act word thought be love
3
O Love how cheering is Thy ray
All pain before Thy presence flies
Care anguish sorrow melt away
Where’er Thy healing streams arise
O Jesus nothing may I see
And nothing feel or think but Thee
4
Unwearied may I this pursue
And dauntless to high prize aspire
Hourly within my breast renew
This holy flame this heav’nly fire
And day and night be all my care
To guard this sacred treasure there
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My Savior Thou Thy love to me
In want in pain in shame hast showed
For me on the accursèd tree
Thou pouredst forth Thy guiltless blood
Thy wounds upon my heart impress
Nor aught shall the loved stamp efface
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More hard than marble is my heart
And foul with sins of deepest stain
But Thou the mighty Savior art
Nor flowed Thy cleansing blood in vain
Ah Soften melt this rock and may
Thy blood wash all these stains away
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O that my heart which open stands
May catch each drop that torturing pain
Armed by my sins wrung from Thy hands
Thy feet Thy head Thy every vein:
That still my breast may heave with sighs
Still tears of love o’erflow my eyes
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O that I as a little child
May follow Thee nor ever rest
Till sweetly Thou hast poured Thy mild
And lowly mind into my breast
Nor may we ever parted be
Till I become one spir’t with Thee
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O draw me Saviour after Thee
So shall I run and never tire
With gracious words still comfort me
Be Thou my hope my sole desire
Free me from every weight: nor fear
Nor sin can come if Thou art here
10
My health my light my life my crown
My portion and my treasure Thou
O take me seal me for Thine own
To Thee alone my soul I bow
Without Thee all is pain my mind
Repose in naught but Thee can find
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Howe’er I rove where’er I turn
In Thee alone is all my rest
Be Thou my flame within me burn
Jesu and I in Thee am blest
Thou art the balm of life: my soul
Is faint O save O make it whole
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What in Thy love possess I not
My star by night my sun by day
My spring of life when parched with drought
My wine to cheer my bread to stay
My strength my shield my safe abode
My robe before the throne of God
13
Ah love Thy influence withdrawn
What profits me that I am born?
All my delight my joy is gone
Nor know I peace ’till Thou return
Thee may I seek ’till I attain
And never may we part again
14
From all eternity with love
Unchangeable Thou hast me viewed
Ere knew this beating heart to move
Thy tender mercies me pursued
Ever with me may they abide
And close me in on every side
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Still let Thy love point out my way
How wondrous things Thy love hath wrought
Still lead me lest I go astray
Direct my work inspire my thought
And if I fall soon may I hear
Thy voice and know that love is near
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In suffering be Thy love my peace
In weakness be Thy love my power
And when the storms of life shall cease
Jesu in that important hour
In death as life be Thou my guide
And save me who for me hast died