O Jesus! the giver
Author: Anon.; William W. Phelps
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (8)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Danish: O Jesus, du Giver
- 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”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
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 giverOf all we enjoy,Our lives to Thy honorWe wish to employ;With praises unceasingWe’ll sing of Thy name;Thy goodness increasing,Thy love we’ll proclaim.
2. With joy we rememberThe dawn of that day,When cold as DecemberIn darkness we lay;The sweet invitationWe heard with surprise,And witnessed salvationFlow down from the skies.
3. The wonderful nameOf Jesus we’ll sing,And publish the fameOf our Captain and King.With sweet exultationHis goodness we prove;His name is salvationHis nature is love.
4. We now are enlistedIn Jesus’ blest cause.Divinely assistedTo conquer our foes:His grace will support usTill conflicts are o’er,He then will escort usTo Zion’s bright shore.