My Jesus I love Thee, I know Thou art mine

My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine. Unattributed composite compilation by several authors. My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine; For thee all the follies of sin I resign. My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou; If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. Hymnologists and hymnal editors have often credited this well-known hymn among Evangelicals to Canadian William Ralph Featherston (1849-1873), a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Montreal. Though many sources indicate that his birth year was 1846 and family name was ‘Featherstone,’ the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register indicates that he born as William Featherston to John and Esther Featherston on July...