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Jesus Loves Me

Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong; They are weak but He is strong.

chorus:

YES, JESUS loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! This I know, As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee, Saying "Let them come to Me".

chorus:

YES, JESUS loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! He who died Heaven's gate to open wide.
He will wash away my sin, Let His little child come in.

chorus:

YES, JESUS loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me still today, Walking with me on my way,
He's prepared a home for me, And someday His face I'll see.

chorus:

YES, JESUS loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! He will stay Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me, I will henceforth live for Thee.

chorus:

YES, JESUS loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me The Bible tells me so.

WORDS: Anna B. Warner 1860
stanzas 2 & 3, David R. McGuire 1929-1971
MUSIC: William B. Bradbury 1862

This hymn originally appeared as a poem inside the novel Say and Seal which Anna Warner co-authored with her sister Susan. In the book, the words are spoken to a dying child, and in that context, there is another stanza not commonly found:

Jesus loves me! Loves me still,
Though I’m very weak and ill,
That I might from sin be free
Bled and died upon the tree.

"WHEN MAO TSE TUNG founded the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Christian church was severely persecuted, with little information coming to the outside world.     In 1972 some Americans received an unusual message from China--that the "This I know" people were well!     The Chinese authorities thought the message nonsensical, so they let it through.     The Americans clearly understood the reference to Anna Warner's simple hymn--"Jesus Loves Me."    "Jesus Loves Me" with its simple, direct message, is one of the first hymns missionaries teach to new converts.    It was the favorite hymn of Francis Schaeffer, who recognized that ultimately what intellectuals and children alike need is the simple message of Jesus.     Amy Carmichael, the Irish missionary to India, was converted after hearing this hymn at a children's mission in Yorkshire, England.    The writer, Anna Bartlett Warner (1820-1915) and her sister Susan were the daughters of a prominent New York lawyer who bought Constitution Island on the Hudson River for a retirement home     When Mr. Warner lost much of his fortune during the 1837 panic (depression), the family's summer home of Good Crag became the family residence.   Anna and Susan began writing to supplement the family income.     Susan wrote several novels which were quite popular in her day.    Her Wide, Wide World was considered a best seller after Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin."

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