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Text:Jesus, Would that I Could Tell Thee
Author:Mrs. H. E. Brown
Tune:[Jesus, would that I could tell thee]
Composer:J. L. Ensign

26. Jesus, Would that I Could Tell Thee

1 Jesus, would that I could tell thee
How I love thy very name;
O, what sweet affections fill me,
Burning with a quenchless flame.
Thy rich goodness, Thy rich goodness,
Is my never failing theme.

Chorus:
Thy rich goodness, Thy rich goodness
Is my never failing theme.

2 Thou hast come from heav'n to save me,
Lost and ruin'd in my sin;
Thou art pleading now to have me,
One with God and pure within.
O, what mercy, O, what mercy!
Jesus died my soul to win.

Chorus:
O, what mercy, O, what mercy!
Jesus died my soul to win.

3 I will love thee, O my Saviour
I will praise thee day by day;
Honor, thee in my behavior,
All thy wise commands obey;
Till in heaven, Till in heaven
I shall join the angels' lay.

Chorus:
Till in heaven, Till in heaven
I shall join the angels' lay.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, would that I could tell thee
Title: Jesus, Would that I Could Tell Thee
Author: Mrs. H. E. Brown
Publication Date: 1862
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Jesus, would that I could tell thee]
Composer: J. L. Ensign
Key: Eā™­ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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