O the Precious Love of Jesus

• 13 February 2026
• 1_ folder- main 4,
• 2_ copyright- public domain_ text,
• 2_ copyright- public domain_ tune,
• 2_ instrumentation- four-part choir,
• 2_ language- english,
• 2_ key- d major or b minor,
• 3_ text title- o the precious love of jesus,
• 3_ tune name- love feast,
• 4_ poetic meter- 8-7-8-7 trochaic with 4-4-8-4-4-7 trochaic refrain

Hymn Information

Folder: Main IV, no. 12
Tune used, name: 'Love Feast'
Composer: anonymous; from "Foundery" Collection, published in 1742
Lyricist: Sherman, Eliza Morgan (1849–1928); written in 1880; biography
Sources used for tune:

• from hymnary.org
• from a YouTube video

Sources used for representative text:

• from hymnary.org, Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #92
• from hymntime.com
• from a YouTube video

Resources and Audios

Sheet music, project file and MIDI:

• Sheet music, PDF
• Sheet music, MuseScore
• SynthV Studio project file, zipped
• MIDI note data

Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):

Audio file (all parts combined):

Representative Text

1
O the precious love of Jesus,
Growing sweeter day by day,
Tuning all my heart, so joyous,
To a heav'nly melody.

Refrain:
Christ is precious,
Christ is precious;
In life's journey He will lead thee;
Christ is precious,
Christ is precious;
He will lead thee all the way.

2
But we cannot know the fullness
Of the Savior's wondrous love,
Till we see and know His glory,
In the heav'nly home above. [Refrain]

3
Come and taste the love of Jesus,
At His feet thy burdens lay;
Trust Him with thy grief and sorrow,
Bear this joyful song away. [Refrain]

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