#161
Oh! how i love Jesus
Coll. des Cantiques
Couplet 1
There is a Name I love to hear, I love to sing Its worth; It sounds like music in mine ear, The sweetest Name on earth.
Refrain
{Oh, How I love Jesus,} x3 Because He first loved me. {I’ ll never forsake Him,} x3 Because He first loved me.
Couplet 2
It tells me of a Savior’s Love, Who died to set me free; It tells me of His precious Blood, The sinner’s perfect plea.
Refrain
{Oh, How I love Jesus,} x3 Because He first loved me. {I’ ll never forsake Him,} x3 Because He first loved me.
Couplet 3
It tells me what my Father has In store for every day, And though I tread a darksome path, Yields sunshine all the way.
Refrain
{Oh, How I love Jesus,} x3 Because He first loved me. {I’ ll never forsake Him,} x3 Because He first loved me.
Couplet 4
It tells of one whose loving heart Can feel my deepest woe; Who in each sorrow bears a part, That none can bear below.
Refrain
{Oh, How I love Jesus,} x3 Because He first loved me. {I’ ll never forsake Him,} x3 Because He first loved me.