The Christian — Guidance and Protection

Jesus, lover of my soul

No. 771
Metre 7s. D.
Tune MARTYN.
Music Simeon B. Marsh.
Key F major
Time 6/4
1 stanzas

Words

Jesus, lover of my soul,Let me to thy bosom fly,While the billows near me roll,While the tempest still is high;Hide me, O my Saviour, hide!Till the storm of life is past;Safe into the haven guide,O receive my soul at last!

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION.»; hymn number «771» (large), tune name «MARTYN. 7s. D.» centred over the music («D.» smaller), «SIMEON B. MARSH.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Only stanza 1 is printed with this hymn, set with the music in three places: under system 1, between the staves, two roman lines in braces after «1.» — lines 1–2 («Je - sus, lov - er of my soul, Let me to thy bo - som fly,») and lines 3–4 («While the bil - lows near me roll, While the tem-pest still is high;»), sung to system 1 and its repeat; under them, in italics after «D. C.—», lines 7–8 («Safe in - to the ha - ven guide, O re - ceive my soul at last!»), sung to system 1 after the D. C.; under system 2, lines 5–6 («Hide me, O my Sav - iour, hide! Till the storm of life is past;»). Stanza 1 is given below in verse order (lines 1–8). No further stanzas, reference line or author line are printed under 771: the words are those of hymn 770 directly above it (WICKHAM, same page), whose stanzas 2–4 and author line («Charles Wesley.») stand only there — `author` is left empty because nothing is printed under 771. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («high ;», «hide !»); it is closed up here. Spelling («Saviour») and punctuation are the print's.