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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 he
still is with us, and he's promis'd
to 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.

Not in this version

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.

Not in this version

Verse 7

7. The more I strove against its power,
Jesus, &c.
I felt its weight and
guilt 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.

Not in this version

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.

Not in this version

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

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