CH 234
To Jesus' Heart, all burning
Hymn Text
Verse 1
To Jesus' Heart, all burning
With fervent love for men,
My heart with fondest yearning
Shall raise its joyful strain.
Refrain:
While ages course along,
Blest be with loudest song,
The sacred heart of Jesus
By every heart and tongue.
With fervent love for men,
My heart with fondest yearning
Shall raise its joyful strain.
Refrain:
While ages course along,
Blest be with loudest song,
The sacred heart of Jesus
By every heart and tongue.
Verse 2
O heart, for me on fire
With love no-man can speak
My yet untold desire
God gives me for your sake.
While ages, etc
With love no-man can speak
My yet untold desire
God gives me for your sake.
While ages, etc
Verse 3
Too true, I have forsaken
Your love for wilful sin;
Yet now let me be taken
Back by your grace again.
While ages, etc
Your love for wilful sin;
Yet now let me be taken
Back by your grace again.
While ages, etc
Verse 4
As you are meek and lowly,
And ever pure of heart,
So may my heart be wholly
Of yours the counterpart.
While ages, etc
And ever pure of heart,
So may my heart be wholly
Of yours the counterpart.
While ages, etc
Verse 5
When life away is flying,
and earth’s false glare is done;
still, Sacred heart, in dying
I’ll say I’m all your own.
While ages, etc
and earth’s false glare is done;
still, Sacred heart, in dying
I’ll say I’m all your own.
While ages, etc
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