Lord Jesus I Love Thee I Know Thou Art Mine
| My Jesus I Beloved Thee | |
|---|---|
| past William Ralph Featherston | |
 Adoniram Judson Gordon | |
| Genre | Hymn |
| Written | 1864 |
| Based on | John 21:15 |
| Meter | xi.eleven.11.eleven |
| Melody | "Gordon" by Adoniram Judson Gordon |
My Jesus, I Dearest Thee
My Jesus, I dear Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior fine art Thou;
If always I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.I dear Thee because K has first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If e'er I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.I'll love Thee in life, I will dear Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the decease dew lies cold on my brow,
If e'er I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.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 always I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis at present.William Ralph Featherston, 1864
My Jesus I Dear Thee is a poem written by William Ralph Featherston in 1864 when he was 16 years old,[ane] [2] although one source says he could have been simply 12 years old.[3] The first two lines of this poem are nearly the same as a hymn written by Caleb J. Taylor, published in 1804; this hymn is used as the basis for the song Imandra by Ananias Davisson in the Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony in 1820, reprinted in Southern Harmony in 1835.[4] [5] There are other similarities between Featherston's poem and camp-meeting songs published in the 1820s onward.[6] [vii] [8]
In 1876 Adoniram Gordon added music to Featherston'south poem. Featherston died at the historic period of 27, well before his poem had become a well-known inspirational hymn. The poem is believed to have been his only publicly published piece of work.
Inspiration [edit]
According to Tim Challies,[3]
- Not much is known about Featherston, except that he attended a Methodist church in Montreal, that he was young when he wrote the poem (12 or sixteen years old), and that he died at just 27 years of age. One story nearly how the poem became public is that Featherston mailed information technology to his aunt in Los Angeles who, upon reading it, speedily sought its publication... It wasn't until several years later Featherston'southward expiry that Adoniram Judson Gordon (founder of Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) added a tune and published it in his volume of hymns, thus forever transforming this poem to a song.
The United Methodist Church's Hymns of the United Methodist Church, a guide to the denomination's hymnal, states that Featherstone was 16 years quondam when he wrote the text in 1864.[two] Kenneth Osbeck writes of this hymn in his book, 101 More than Hymn Stories: "Information technology is hard to realize that this honey devotional hymn, which expresses then profoundly a believer's love and gratitude to Christ ... was written by a teenager".[i]
Notable recordings [edit]
- Amy Grant recorded a version of the song for her 2002 studio album Legacy... Hymns and Faith that was later included on her 2015 compilation album Exist Nevertheless and Know... Hymns & Faith.[9]
- Paul Baloche performed the song in a various artist album, Hymns 4 Worship, Vol. 2: Only As I Am which was released in 2005.[10]
- Selah recorded a three-stanza version of the song in their 2009 album, You Deliver Me.[11]
- In 2013, Darlene Zschech, along with Michael Westward. Smith, recorded an extra verse to this on the live worship DVD, Revealing Jesus.[12]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Osbeck, Kenneth (1985). 101 More Hymn Stories. M Rapids, MI: Kregel. p. 61. ISBN0-8254-3420-iii.
- ^ a b Sanchez, Diana (1989). The Hymns of the United Methodist Hymnal. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Printing. p. 72. ISBN0-687-43149-2.
- ^ a b "Hymn Stories: My Jesus I Love Thee | Challies Dot Com". Challies.com. March 10, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois.
- ^ "Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Southern Harmony, Imandra". Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ "Social and Camp-Coming together Songs for the Pious. Baltimore, MD: Armstrong and Plaskitt, 1822. 216 pp". Retrieved Jan 25, 2017.
- ^ "Shaffer'due south Pilgrim Songster. Zanesville, Ohio, 1848. 216 pp". Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ "Music and words to Imandra at Choral Public Domain Library". Retrieved Jan 25, 2017.
- ^ "Be Still and Know... Hymns & Organized religion". AllMusic . Retrieved Feb 12, 2016.
- ^ "My Jesus I Love Thee". Amazon. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "MY JESUS I Beloved THEE (Rails #9)". Selah. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ Darlene Zschech (March v, 2013). "My Jesus, I Honey Thee from Darlene Zschech'due south #RevealingJesus Project". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved September seven, 2016.
Boosted Sources [edit]
- Reynolds, William Jensen. Hymns of Our Faith. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1964. (p. 291)
- Taylor, Gordon Harry. Companion to the Vocal Book of the Conservancy Army. St. Albans, England: The Campfield Printing, 1988. (p. 300)
- Center for Church building Music
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Jesus_I_Love_Thee
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