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Jesus, Thy Mercies Are Untold

St. Bernard of Clairvaux • Edward Caswall (1849) • English

Primary Scripture: Jeremiah 31:3

Verse 1

Jesu, thy mercies are untold through each returning day; thy love exceeds a thousandfold whatever we can say.

Verse 2

That love which in thy passion drained for us thy precious blood; that love whereby the saints have gained the vision of their God.

Verse 3

’Tis thou hast loved us from the womb, pure Source of all our bliss, our only hope of life to come, our happiness in this.

Verse 4

Lord, grant us, while on earth we stay, thy love to feel and know; and, when from hence we pass away, to us thy glory show.

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