I belong to Jesus;
I am not my own;
All I have and all I am,
Shall be his alone.
I belong to Jesus;
He is Lord and King,
Reigning in my inmost heart,
Over ev'rything.
I belong to Jesus;
Blessed, blessed thought!
With his own most precious blood
Has my soul been bought.
I belong to Jesus;
He has died for me;
I am his and he is mine,
Through eternity.
I belong to Jesus;
He will keep my soul,
When the deathly waters dark
Round about me roll.
I belong to Jesus;
And ere long I'll stand
With my precious Saviour there
In the glory land.
M. Fraser
Dedication, M.A. Sea
That is an amazing thought that we belong to Jesus...
ReplyDeleteI like this hymn! Is it in the Trinity Hymnal? I'll have to go check.
ReplyDeleteI'm listening to the tune right now. I think we should sing it at church, don't you?
ReplyDeleteThis hymn is new to me but reminds me of one that says, "Now I belong to Jesus, Jesus belongs to me; Not for the years of time alone, but for eternity."
ReplyDeleteYes, it is in the Trinity hymnal, as you discovered, Kim. And I do think we should sing it at church...even though its marked a "children's hymn." We are all children of God, are we not?
ReplyDeleteThe reason I chose it is that I thought it expressed the idea of Christ's ownership of us that was preached on at church today...as does the hymn you mention, Rosemary. I love the security of being His!
This is exactly the hymn I was thinking of during church on Sunday... I'm sending the text to the Fullers right now via cut copy and paste from your blog. Thanks. :-)
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