Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Jesus the very thought is sweet
Topic: Christ/Mediatorial Reign
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Emerson
Meter: LM
Tune: Sessions
Hymn Number: 162
Page Number: 063, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus! the very thought is sweet;
In that dear name all heart-joys meet;
But sweeter than the honey far
The glimpses of his presence are.
No word is sung more sweet than this;
No name is heard more full of bliss;
No thought brings sweeter comfort nigh;
Than Jesus, Son of God most high.
Jesus, the hope of souls forlorn!
How good to them for sin that mourn;
To them that seek thee, oh how kind!
But what art thou to them that find?
No tongue of mortal can express,
No letters write its blessedness;
Alone, who hath thee in his heart,
Knows, love of Jesus, what thou art.