Jesus, My All, to Heaven Is Gone
The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
95 words changed · 7 stanzas only in Millennial Harp #36
Verse 1
1. Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone,Jesus says He He whom I fix my hopes upon;will be with us to the end, For he has been with us, and hestill is with us, and he's promis'dto be with us to the end.
Verse 1
Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone,
He whom I fix my hopes upon;
His track I see, and I'll pursue
The narrow way till him I view.
Verse 2
2. His track I see and I'll pursue, Jesus, &c.
The narrow way till him I view. Jesus, &c.
Not in this version
Verse 3
3. The way the holy prophets went,Jesus, &c.
The road that leads to banishment,Jesus, &c.
Verse 2
The way the holy prophets went,
The road that leads from banishment,
The King's highway of holiness,
I'll go, for all his paths are peace.
Verse 4
4. The king's highway of holiness, Jesus, &c.
I'll go, for all his paths are peace. Jesus, &c.
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Verse 5
5. This is the way I long have sought,Jesus, &c.
And mourned because I found it not;Jesus &c.
Verse 3
This is the way I long have sought,
And mourned because I found it not;
My grief, my burden long has been,
Because I could not cease from sin.
Verse 6
6. My grief a burden long has been, Jesus, &c.
Because I was not saved from sin. Jesus, &c.
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Verse 7
7. The more I strove against its power,Jesus, &c.
I felt its weight andguilt the more. Jesus, &c.
Verse 4
The more I strove against its power,
I sinned and stumbled but the more,
Till late I heard my Savior say,
'Come hither, soul, I am the way.'
Verse 8
8. Till late I heard my Savior say, Jesus, &c.
'Come hither soul, I am the way.' Jesus, &c.
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Verse 9
9. Lo! glad I come; and thou, blest Lamb,Jesus, &c.Shall take me to thee whose I am;Jesus, &c.
Verse 5
Lo! glad I come; and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee as I am;
My sinful self to thee I give;
Nothing but love shall I receive.
Verse 10
10. Nothing but sin have I to give, Jesus, &c.
Nothing but love shall I receive. Jesus, &c.
Not in this version
Verse 11
11. Then will I tell to sinners round, Jesus, &c.
What a dear Savior I have found. Jesus, &c.
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Verse 12
12. I'll point to thy redeeming blood, Jesus, &c.
And say, 'Behold the way of God.' Jesus, &c.
Not in this version