Sunday Hymn: Jesus, Lover of My Soul

Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high.
Hide me, O my Savior, hide, till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last.

Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me.
All my trust on Thee is stayed, all my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenseless head with the shadow of Thy wing.

Wilt Thou not regard my call? Wilt Thou not accept my prayer?
Lo! I sink, I faint, I fall—Lo! on Thee I cast my care;
Reach me out Thy gracious hand! While I of Thy strength receive,
Hoping against hope I stand, dying, and behold, I live.

Thou, O Christ, art all I want, more than all in Thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is Thy name, I am all unrighteousness;
False and full of sin I am; Thou art full of truth and grace.

Plenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound; make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart; rise to all eternity.

—Charles Wesley

There are too many interesting renditions of this hymn on YouTube. Narrowing it to three wasn’t easy.  

1. Celtic style with tune by Joseph Parry.
2. Sacred Harp performance to tune by Simeon Marsh.
3. South African Mass Male Choir singing Simeon Marsh tune. 

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Update: Call Jehovah Thy Salvation at Field Stone Cottage (All the hymns we sang in church this morning were based on Psalm 91. So is this one.)
• O Beautiful Things at Gospel Grace
• Be Careful Little Eyes at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 29 at Tried With Fire 
• A Sunday Psalm: The Treasury of David - Psalm 6:1-2 at Theology for Girls
• Lord’s Day 29, 2012 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Faith Alone - July 15, 2012 at The Upward Call
• Sunday Prayer: Fullness at Lisa Writes

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

Comments

[whit's end mom]

Just ran across your blog while looking for the poem
What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow:
What are brief? today and tomorrow:
What are frail? spring blossoms and youth:
What are deep? the ocean and truth.
I just marked you blog so I could find it again. Sounds like a place for encouragement. (P.S. My name is also Rebecca, and I go by it not Becky)