Verse 1

JESU! 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.

Verse 2

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.

Verse 3

I seek for Jesus in repose, When round my heart its chambers close; Abroad, and when I shut the door, I long for Jesus evermore.

Verse 4

With Mary in the morning gloom I seek for Jesus at the tomb; For Him, with love’s most earnest cry, I seek with heart and not with eye.

Verse 5

Jesusto God the Father gone, Is seated on the heavenly throne: My heart hath also passed from me, That where He is there it may be.

Verse 6

We follow Jesus now, and raise The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise That He at last may make us meet With Him to gain the heavenly seat.

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