Dear Jesus, Thou did favor,
To be our blessed Savior;
And Thine own Blood and Body
Were given to make us holy.
Oh, Jesus, Thou were taken,
And on the cross forsaken,
Yet, never did Thou falter
Upon that cruel altar.
Kind Jesus, in Thy passion
Redemption did Thou fashion;
The Bread and Wine we treasure
Remove sin's curse forever!
Christ was the Word, that spake it:
He took the Bread and brake it;
And what that Word did make it,
I do believe and take it.
Text: St. 1-3, Dawn Rodgers, Eric Wyse, 2008; St. 4 attributed John Donne (1654)
Music: CEDAR LANE, Eric Wyse, 2001
For a PDF of the Music, click here: DEAR JESUS, THOU DID FAVOR (Score)
The tune is published in HYMNS FOR A PILGRIM PEOPLE (GIA/NACCC) with the text (by F. Bland Tucker and Donne) "When Jesus Died to Save Us."


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