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LOVE
THE
LORD.
C. M.
"Yea,
I
have
loved
thee
with
an
everlasting
love."---Jer.
31:3,
Isaac
Watts,
1719.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor
J.
P.
Rees,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
A
-
las
and
did
my
Saviour
bleed,
And
did
my
sov
-
'reign
die,
Would
he
de-vote
that
sa
-
cred
head,
For
such
a
worm
as
I?
O
who
is
like
Je
-
sus?
A
-
las
and
did
my
Saviour
bleed,
And
did
my
sov
-
'reign
die,
Would
he
de
-
vote
his
Sa
-
cred
head,
For
such
a
worm
as
I?
O
who
is
like
Je
-
sus,
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah,
Praise
ye
the
Lord,
There's
none
like
Je
-
sus
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah,
Love
and
serve
the
Lord.
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah,
Praise
ye
the
Lord;
There's
none
like
Je
-
sus
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah,
Love
and
serve
the
Lord,
J.
P.
Recs
composed
the
above
named
tune
Love
The
Lord
for
the
2nd
appendix
of
the
Sacred
Harp
in
1859.
See
various
sketches
about
him
connected
with
his
tunes
in
this
volume;
alto by
S.
M.
Denson
1911.
See
page
529.
The
above
hymn
is
found
in
Dr.
Watt's
works,
book.
two
No.
19,
'"Hymns
of
Divine
Subject."
See
other
statements
about
this
hymn
in
this
volume.
It
originally
possessed
six
stanzas
with
the
title,
"Godly
Sorrow
Arising
from
the
Sufferings
of
Christ."
See
detailed
history
of
the
hymn
in
English
Hymns,
by
Duffield,
page
14.