Jesu, my Lord, my God, my all

Jesu, my Lord, my God, my all. Henry Collins* (1827-1919). Published in Collins’s Hymns for Missions (Leeds, 1854, later republished in London), the book compiled during his brief tenure of a post in the Church of England. It is one of only two hymns by Collins in that book. It bears a striking – and confusing – resemblance to a hymn by Frederick William Faber* for the Feast of Corpus Christi, published in his Hymns (1849) and in his Jesus and Mary (1849), beginning Jesus! my Lord, my God, my All,   How can I love Thee as I ought? (the second line is identical to Collins’s verse 2 line 2). This had the refrain Sweet Sacrament! we Thee adore! O, make us love Thee more and more! It is hard to...

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