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Author: William R. Featherston Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 1,079 hymnals Topics: Love Our Love for God First Line: My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine Lyrics: 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. 2 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. 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." 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." (optional choral ending) I love Thee, I love Thee, I love Thee, my Lord. Used With Tune: GORDON

Come, We That Love

Author: Robert Lowry; Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.8.6.6 with refrain Appears in 1,786 hymnals Topics: Love for God/Christ First Line: Come, we that love the Lord Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion Lyrics: 1 Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known, join in a song with sweet accord, join in a song with sweet accord and thus surround the throne, and thus surround the throne. [Refrain:] We're marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion; we're marching upward to Zion, the beautiful city of God. 2 Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God; but children of the heavenly King, but children of the heavenly King may speak their joys abroad, may speak their joys abroad. [Refrain] 3 The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets before we reach the heavenly fields, before we reach the heavenly fields, or walk the golden streets, or walk the golden streets. [Refrain] 4 Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry; we're marching through Emmanuel's ground, we're marching through Emmanuel's ground, to fairer worlds on high, to fairer worlds on high. [Refrain] Used With Tune: MARCHING TO ZION

O, How I Love Jesus

Author: Frederick Whitfield; anon. Appears in 566 hymnals Topics: God Known in Jesus Christ Praise to Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ: Blood; Love: For Christ First Line: There is a name I love to hear Lyrics: 1 There is a name I love to hear, I love to speak its worth; it sounds like music in my ear, the sweetest name on earth. Refrain: O, how I love Jesus, O, how I love Jesus, O, how I love Jesus, because he first loved me! 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) 3 It tells of one whose loving heart can feel my deepest woe, who in my sorrow bears a part that none can bear below. (Refrain) Used With Tune: O, HOW I LOVE JESUS

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TO GOD BE THE GLORY

Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 193 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William H. Doane, 1832-1915 Topics: Love of God for Us Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55671 51252 33464 Used With Text: To God Be the Glory

HAMBURG

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 891 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason Topics: God the Son Lent; Christian Year-Holy Week; Jesus Christ-Cross; Jesus Christ-Love For Us Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11232 34323 33343 Used With Text: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

ES IST EIN' ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN

Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 170 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Praetorius Topics: Love God's Love for Us Tune Sources: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng, Cologne, 1599 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 55565 53432 17155 Used With Text: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

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O God, We Read the Holy Law

Author: Michael Schneider; Scott R. Troyer Hymnal: Voices Together #571 (2020) Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7 Topics: Love for God Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 Tune Title: EIN FESTE BURG

Age to Age

Author: Janet Vogt, b. 1953 Hymnal: Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #703 (2003) Topics: Love for God; Love of God for Us; Love for God; Love of God for Us; Love for God; Love of God for Us First Line: As the eagle flies to the heav'ns above Refrain First Line: Age to age we will love you Languages: English Tune Title: [As the eagle flies to the heav'ns above]

Psalm 18: I Love You, Lord, My Strength

Author: Jeffrey Honoré, b. 1956 Hymnal: Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #19 (2003) Topics: Love for God; Love for God; Love for God First Line: I love you, O Lord, my strength Refrain First Line: I love you, Lord Scripture: Psalm 18:3-4 Languages: English Tune Title: [I love you, O Lord, my strength]

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Joseph A. Seiss

1823 - 1904 Person Name: Joseph A. Seiss, 1823-1904 Topics: Love for God; Love for God; Love for God Author of "Beautiful Savior" in Journeysongs (2nd ed.) Joseph A. Seiss was born and raised in a Moravian home with the original family name of Seuss. After studying at Pennsylvania College in Gettysburg and completing his theological education with tutors and through private study, Seiss became a Lutheran pastor in 1842. He served several Lutheran congregations in Virginia and Maryland and then became pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church (1858-1874) and the Church of the Holy Communion (1874-1904), both in Philadelphia. Known as an eloquent and popular preacher, Seiss was also a prolific author and editor of some eighty volumes, which include The Last Times (1856), The Evangelical Psalmist (1859), Ecclesia Lutherana (1868), Lectures on the Gospels (1868-1872), and Lectures on the Epistles (1885). He contributed to and compiled several hymnals. Bert Polman

Frederick Whitfield

1829 - 1904 Topics: Love Our Love for God Author of "O, How I Love Jesus" in The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration Whitfield, Frederick, B.A., son of H. Whitfield, was born at Threapwood, Shropshire, Jan. 7, 1829, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his B.A. in 1859. On taking Holy Orders, he was successively curate of Otley, vicar of Kirby-Ravensworth, senior curate of Greenwich, and Vicar of Stanza John's, Bexley. In 1875 he was preferred to St. Mary's, Hastings. Mr. Whitfield's works in prose and verse number upwards of thirty, including Spiritual unfolding from the Word of Life; Voices from the Valley Testifying of Jesus; The Word Unveiled; Gleanings from Scripture, &c. Several of his hymns appeared in his Sacred Poems and Prose, 1861, 2nd Series, 1864; The Casket, and Quiet Hours in the Sanctuary. The hymn by which he is most widely known is I need Thee, precious Jesu.” Other hymns by him in common use include:~ 1. I have a Great High Priest above. Christ the High Priest. 2. I saw the Cross of Jesus. The Cross. 3. In spirit, Lord, we meet Thee now. Missions. This was written at the request of the Committee of the Irish Church Missions for one of their annual meetings in London. 4. Jesus, Thou Name of magic power. The Name of Jesus. Sometimes given as "Jesus, Thou Name of power divine." 5. The sprinkled blood is speaking. The Blood of Christ. 6. There is a day I long to see. Heaven Anticipated. 7. There is a Name I love to hear. The Name of Jesus. Published in 1855 in hymnsheets and leaflets in various languages. From this the hymn “Jesus, the Name I love so well" is taken. 8. There's naught on earth to rest upon. God Unchangeable. 9. When dead in sin and far from God. Redemption. All these hymns, with the exception of No. 3, are in his Sacred Poems and Prose, 1861, and several of them have been printed as leaflets, and set to special music. The Sacred Poems, &c, contains 26 hymns, some of which are of considerable merit. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)