Jesus, Lover of My Soul

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1224» (large) at the left, title «JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials); under it the epigraph given below; «CHARLES WESLEY.» (the words) at the left and «WILLIAM B. BRADBURY.» (the music) at the right above system 1, both in capitals and small capitals; under the music, centred, «From " Fresh Laurels " by per. Biglow & Main.» and the folio «442». No meter, no tune name other than the title, no reference line, no running head. Only ONE stanza is printed, numbered «1.»: it stands under the melody staff and, again, under the middle (treble) staff, which sings the same words in its own rhythm; the bass staff has no words. In systems 3–4 (and «Hide me,» at the end of system 2) the words under the melody are set in a condensed bold face. The last two verse lines («Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last») are printed twice, to different music, and are given twice here as printed. Leader dots after «fly,», «past,» and «guide,» under the melody mark melismas, not words (kept in `lyrics_syllables.txt`). Words divided under the notes are joined («Je - sus», «lov-er», «bo-som», «in-to», «in - to», «re-ceive»). The print's thin space before «?» in the epigraph is closed up; quotation marks are written straight. Spelling and punctuation are the print's («Saviour», «past,»).

Source

The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)

Where

Bible Songs — Miscellaneous · No. 1224 · printed page 442

Checked

score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-06

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