My Jesus, I love Thee

Tekst en melodie[]

De tekst van My Jesus, I love Thee werd in 1864 geschreven door William R. Featherston.

De melodie, Gordon, werd in 1876 gecomponeerd door Adoniram J. Gordon.

My Jesus, I love Thee is in het Nederlands vertaald als Mijn Jezus, ik houd van U.

Vers 1:

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, my Jesus, ’tis now.

Vers 2:

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, my Jesus, ’tis now.

Vers 3:

I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,

And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;

And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

Vers 4:

In mansions of glory and endless delight,

I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;

I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.