Jesu! Life! The Life of Heaven

Jesu! life! the life of Heav­en

Thou who death’s de­struc­tion art

Thou whose love for me hath giv­en

To un­fathomed woes Thine heart

So to mer­it my sal­va­tion

From eter­nal con­dem­na­tion

Thousand

thou­sand thanks to Thee

Gracious Je­su! ev­er be.

Lo! for me

O Lord

Thou bear­est

Mockery

spit­ting

scorn and shame:

Stripes and bands and wounds Thou shar­est

Son of God! most ho­ly name!

Thus from Sa­tan to re­gain

That no more his chains de­tain.

Thousand

thou­sand thanks to Thee

Gracious Je­su! ev­er be.

Lo! with grief Thy form is wast­ed

Suffering pa­tient­ly for me!

All death’s bit­ter­ness is tast­ed

From its doom my soul to free:

Willingly Thou all en­dure;

So re­demp­tion Thou pro­cure!

Thousand

thou­sand thanks to Thee

Gracious Je­su! ev­er be.

Thy hu­mil­ity ap­peas­eth

Wrath the fruit of all my pride:

In Thy death death’s ter­ror ceas­eth;

All is well

for Thou hast died.

From Thy deep hu­mi­li­ation

Comes my glo­ri­ous ex­al­ta­tion!

Thousand

thou­sand thanks to Thee

Gracious Je­su! ev­er be.

Lord

I bring Thee thanks un­feign­èd

For Thy life of grief be­low

For the wounds Thy love sus­tain­èd

For Thy death of won­drous woe!

For Thy soul did ter­rors shake

I my tongue to praise will wake.

Thousand

thou­sand thanks to Thee

Gracious Je­su! ev­er be.