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JESUS IS MY LOVE

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 4, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 36.

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“JESUS IS MY LOVE.”

[The Lollards’ Tower in London, constructed by Chicheley, archbishop of Canterbury, in his palace at Lambeth, at the cost of six hundred pounds, was often filled with persons accused of heresy. The walls of this dungeon still bear witness to the sorrows and hopes of those who suffered in this place. The words “Jesus amor meus” (Jesus is my Love), written by some poor martyr, may still be seen upon the wall in the Lollards’ Tower. The large staples and rings to which the prisoners were fastened are, or were, preserved in a large lumber room at the top of the palace.—From “Papers for the Times,” by the Rev. D. Compton, Hastings.]
In this dreary dungeon I, Bound in chains a prisoner, lie, But my Love is ever nigh— “Jesus is my Love.”
Friends and kindred all have fled, Some are false, and others dead, But this one of whom I said, “Jesus is my Love.”
In my lonely hours he cheers, Soothes my heart and wipes my tears; Better he than all my fears— “Jesus is my Love.”
Better with him in the gloom Of this dreary dungeon tomb, Than without in palace room— “Jesus is my Love.”
Scant my clothing, coarse my food, Vexed am I with treatment rude, Yet, though lacking earthly good, “Jesus is my Love.”
May it not be long before All these sufferings shall be o’er, Then shall I for evermore Dwell with him, my Love.
Better here in bonds to lie, Better on the block to die, Than my faith I should deny— “Jesus is my Love.” —L. Shorey.