O Jesus! the giver
Author: Anon.; William W. Phelps
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (7)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- English: O Jesus! the giver
- French: O Jésus qui nous donnes tout
- French (French Polynesia): O Jésus qui nous donnes tout / O Iesu te Tumu no te maitai
- French (Haiti): O Jésus qui nous donnes tout
- German: O Jesus, du köstliche Gaben uns gibst
- Spanish: Oh Cristo, de Ti Viene Todo Buen Don
- Tahitian: O Jésus qui nous donnes tout / O Iesu te Tumu no te maitai
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Most common tunes for “O Jesus! the giver”
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Appearances of “O Jesus! the giver” over time
This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1835 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Sacred Hymns (Kirtland Hymnal) (1835), no. 75.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. O Jesus, the giver Of all we enjoy, Our lives to Thy honor We wish to employ; With praises unceasing We’ll sing of Thy name; Thy goodness increasing, Thy love we’ll proclaim.
2. With joy we remember The dawn of that day, When cold as December In darkness we lay; The sweet invitation We heard with surprise, And witnessed salvation Flow down from the skies.
3. The wonderful name Of Jesus we’ll sing, And publish the fame Of our Captain and King. With sweet exultation His goodness we prove; His name is salvation His nature is love.
4. We now are enlisted In Jesus’ blest cause. Divinely assisted To conquer our foes: His grace will support us Till conflicts are o’er, He then will escort us To Zion’s bright shore.