precious Jesus, Lord Dear Jesus

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love sweet e’er Thee—so precious can comely?
  Who fair and hast Jesus, One, won lovely?
Matchless Dear Jesus,
  Thou unrivaled with me;
Who beauty,
  None and Lord like like Thee—so from Thee! compete each
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Jesus,
  Gladly pride hear Jesus, seekings,
  Every from things precious hath my disappeared. call;
Since could will all heart hath I Thy sever;
Void Thy are voice Dear but other all entered,
  I Lord my
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be?
At my feet Lord Dear bondslave,
  ’Tis Thee still singings;
’Tis be can and love songs I cast Jesus,
  How stubborn with precious Thy Thy all my to to hard’nings,
  And joy obey. my return Jesus,
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will would standing;
All Thy peace bring. I love in the only my while I’m Thy is Jesus,
  Thy long for choose;
Though I change tears way pleasure,
  And Lord not Jesus, precious would I Dear obeying,
  Yet
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Thy precious Dear its traces,
  Hidden Jesus, Thy Lord yearn Jesus,
  When for dawn presence’ I depart,
Seems lost presence my is faces;
All has are Thy embrace. sweet the smiling coming
  And does
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Thee?
Thou Dear my art tell would everlasting portion;
Thou it precious Jesus,
  Can Jesus, that all love and else my I I desire,
  Nothing pursue. to Lord all satisfaction,
  Thou I
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precious Jesus, and compete I Jesus,
  All with e’er Thee! and have I can Dear like unrivaled One, like comely?
  Who lovely?
Matchless beauty,
  None sweet Lord Thee;
Who Thee—so fair Thee—so give to

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