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Text:Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice
Author:Henriette L. von Hayn, 1724-1782
Translator (from German):Frederick W. Foster
Tune:HERRNHUT
Composer:Anonymous
Media:MIDI file

3364. Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice

1. Jesus makes my heart rejoice,
I’m His sheep, and know His voice;
He’s a shepherd, kind and gracious,
And His pastures are delicious;
Constant love to me He shows,
Yea, my very name He knows.

2. Trusting His mild staff always,
I go in and out in peace;
He will feed me with treasure
Of His grace in richest measure;
When athirst to Him I cry,
Living water He’ll supply.

3. Should not I for gladness leap,
Led by Jesus as His sheep?
For when these blest days are over,
To the arms of my dear Savior
I shall be conveyed to rest:
Amen, yea, my lot is blest.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus makes my heart rejoice
Title: Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice
German Title: Weil ich Jesu Schäflein bin
Author: Henriette L. von Hayn, 1724-1782
Translator (from German): Frederick W. Foster (1789)
Meter: 77.88.77
Language: English
Source: Brüder Gesangbuch, 1778; translation in Moravian Hymn Book (London: 1789)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HERRNHUT
Composer: Anonymous
Meter: 77.88.77
Incipit: 51234 54351 23454
Key: G Major
Source: Herrnhutter Choralbuch, 1735
Copyright: Public Domain



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