THE ONE I LOVE by James Mudge

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 8, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 41.

THE ONE I LOVE.

By James Mudge

[Rev. James Mudge, in Zion’s Herald.]

There’s none so good as Jesus, Truest, tenderest, best, All preciousness, all excellence, Fast folded to His breast He holds me still, safe kept from ill; No care can intervene; And so in Him I glory, On Him I lean.

I love the words of Jesus, Sublime, transcendent, pure; Their strength and sweetness suit my soul, For every ill a cure. What sure source of fullest life? They meet my deepest need; And so beside still water I calmly feed.

I love the cross of Jesus, On which He died for me; And gazing there with streaming eyes, His matchless grace I see. The cross rebukes my selfishness, It helps me hate my sin; And so I vow before it My crown to win.