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H-139Deeper And Deeper

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Hymnal: Hymns for Worship (Revised) (No. 139) · Tune: [Into the heart of Jesus, deeper and deeper I go] · Meter: 7.7.7.6.7.6.4.4.7. · Key: Eb Time: 6/4

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ConsecrationDevotion

Written By

Oswald Jeffray Smith, 1914

Composed By

Oswald J. Smith, 1914

Words and Music in the Public Domain.

Cleared for Use:Pending

Lyrics

Verse 1

Into the heart of Jesus,

Deeper and deeper I go,

Seeking to know the reason

Why He should love me so,

Why he should stoop to lift me

Up from the miry clay,

Saving my soul,

Making me whole,

Tho I had wandered away.

Verse 2

Into the heart of Jesus,

Deeper and deeper I go,

Praying for grace to follow,

Seeking His way to know,

Bowing in full surrender

Low at His blessed feet,

Bidding Him take,

Bread me and make,

Till I am molded and meet.

Verse 3

Into the heart of Jesus,

Deeper and deeper I go,

Following thro the garden

Facing the dreaded foe,

Drinking the cup of sorrow,

Sobbing with broken heart:

"O Savior, help!

Dear Savior, help!

Grace for my weakness impart."

Verse 4

Into the heart of Jesus,

Deeper and deeper I go,

Rising with soul enraptured

Far from the world below,

Joy in the place of sorrows,

Peace in the midst of pain,

Jesus will give,

Jesus will give;

He will uphold and sustain.

Links

Hymnary Hymn Pagehttps://hymnary.org/hymn/HfW1987/139 Hymnary Text Authorityhttps://hymnary.org/text/into_the_heart_of_jesus Hymnary Tune Authorityhttps://hymnary.org/tune/into_the_heart_of_jesus_smith

Scriptural Foundations

Preference: NASB 2020

Hebrews 12:2
2looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Recommended by: Jim Duke

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