Then Sings My Soul Saturday

I love this beautiful hym of love and adoration to God. It is especially worshipful when we sing this at church in a slow meditative manner. It was written by a 16-year old boy shortly after his conversion. He sent the poem to his aunt, who encouraged him to have it published. No other hymns are credited to him, and he died shortly before his 27th birthday. The poem was set to music 12 years after he wrote it.

Here's Avalon's beautiful version:

My Jesus I love Thee

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.

I love Thee because Thou hast 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.

I’ll love Thee in life, and I’ll love Thee in death,
I’ll 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.

In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in Heaven so bright;
And sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus ’tis now.

Words: William R. Featherstone, 1864
Music: Adoniram J. Gordon, 1876

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