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<h2>JESUS, THY BOUNDLESS LOVE TO ME</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“How wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” Ephesians 3:18</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<p><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_g_e_gerhardt_p.jpg" alt="Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" width="130.666666666667" height="181.333333333333"><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_g_e_gerhardt_p.html" target="_blank">Paul Gerhardt</a>, in <em>Praxis Pietatis Melica</em>, by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_c_r_cruger_j.html" target="_blank">Johann Crüger</a> (Berlin, Germany: 1653) (<em>O Jesus Christ, mein schönstes Licht</em>); translated from German to English by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_w_e_wesley_j.html" target="_blank">John Wesley</a>,
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1739.</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> “St. Catherine,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_h_e_hemy_hf.html" target="_blank">Henri Frederick Hemy</a>, 1865; arranged by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_w_a_walton_jg.html" target="_blank">James George Walton</a>, 1874 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_s_t_stcather.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<li>“Stella (Hemy),” variously described as a traditional English melody, or attributed to <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_h_e_hemy_hf.html" target="_blank">Henri Frederick Hemy</a> </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_s_t_stellah.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<li>“Vater Unser” (Our Father), <em>Geistliche Lieder</em> (Leipzig, Germany: 1539); harmony by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_a_bach_js.html" target="_blank">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>, 1726 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_v_a_vatunser.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>Jesus, Thy boundless love to me<br>
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No thought can reach, no tongue declare;<br>
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Unite my thankful heart with Thee<br>
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And reign without a rival there.<br>
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To Thee alone, dear Lord, I live;<br>
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Myself to Thee, dear Lord, I give.</p>
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<p>O, grant that nothing in my soul<br>
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May dwell but Thy pure love alone!<br>
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Oh, may Thy love possess me whole,<br>
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My joy, my treasure, and my crown!<br>
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All coldness from my heart remove;<br>
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My every act, word, thought, be love.</p>
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<p>O love, how cheering is thy ray!<br>
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All pain before thy presence flies;<br>
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Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away<br>
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Wherever thy healing beams arise.<br>
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O Jesus, nothing may I see,<br>
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Nothing desire or seek, but Thee!</p>
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<p>This love unwearied I pursue<br>
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And dauntlessly to Thee aspire.<br>
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Oh, may Thy love my hope renew<br>
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Burn in my soul like heavenly fire!<br>
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And day and night be all my care<br>
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To guard this sacred treasure there.</p>
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<p>My Savior, Thou Thy love to me<br>
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In shame, in want, in pain, hast showed;<br>
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For me, on the accursed tree,<br>
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Thou purest forth Thy guiltless blood;<br>
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Thy wounds upon my heart impress,<br>
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Nor aught shall the loved stamp efface.</p>
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<p>More hard than marble is my heart,<br>
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And foul with sins of deepest stain;<br>
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But Thou the mighty Savior art,<br>
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Nor flowed thy cleansing blood in vain;<br>
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Ah soften, melt this rock, and may<br>
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Thy blood wash all these stains away!</p>
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<p>O that I, as a little child,<br>
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May follow Thee, and never rest<br>
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Till sweetly Thou hast breathed Thy mild<br>
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And lowly mind into my breast!<br>
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Nor ever may we parted be,<br>
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Till I become as one with Thee.</p>
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<p>Still let Thy love point out my war;<br>
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How wondrous things Thy love hath wrought!<br>
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Still lead me, lest I go astray;<br>
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Direct my word, inspire my thought;<br>
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And if I fall, soon may I hear<br>
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Thy voice, and know that love is near.</p>
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<p>In suffering be Thy love my peace,<br>
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In weakness be Thy love my power;<br>
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And when the storms of life shall cease,<br>
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Jesus, in that important hour,<br>
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In death as life be Thou my guide,<br>
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And save me, Who for me hast died.</p>
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