Jesus Loves Me is a Christian hymn written by Anna B. Warner. The lyrics first appeared as a poem in the context of a novel called Say and Seal, written by Susan Warner and published in 1860. The tune was added in 1862 by William Batchelder Bradbury who found the text of "Jesus Loves Me" in a book, in which the words were spoken as a comforting poem to a dying child. Along with his tune, Bradbury added his own chorus "Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus Loves me..." After publication the song became one of the most popular Christian hymns in churches around the world.

Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.

Chorus:

Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! This I know,
As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee,
Saying, “Let them come to Me.”

Chorus

Jesus loves me when I'm good,
When I do the things I should,
Jesus loves me when I'm bad,
Though it makes Him very sad.

Chorus

Jesus loves me still today,
Walking with me on my way,
Wanting as a friend to give
Light and love to all who live.

Chorus

Jesus loves me! He who died
Heaven’s gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.

Chorus

Jesus loves me! Loves me still
Tho' I'm very weak and ill;
That I might from sin be free
Bled and died upon the tree.

Chorus

Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee.

Chorus


Three verses appear along with the first verse in the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, the hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. These four verses are the only verses of the hymn in this hymnal.


Jesus loves me! See His grace!
On the cross He took my place.
There He suffered and He died,
That I might be glorified.

Chorus

Jesus loves me! God's own Son
Over sin the vict'ry won.
When I die, saved by His grace,
I shall see Him face to face.

Chorus

Jesus loves me! He is near.
He is with His Church so dear.
And the Spirit He has sent
By His Word and Sacrament.

Chorus

In 1943 in the Solomon Islands, John F. Kennedy's PT-109 was rammed and sunk. Islanders Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana who found Kennedy and the survivors remembers that when they rode on PT boats to retrieve the survivors, the Marines sang this song with the natives, who learned it from missionaries.

Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.

Born in New York City, she wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. However, her first novel, The Wide, Wide World (1850), was the most popular. It was translated into several other languages, including French, German, and Dutch. Other than Uncle Tom's Cabin, it was perhaps the most widely circulated story of American authorship. Other works include Queechy (1852), The Law and the Testimony, (1853), The Hills of the Shatemuc, (1856), The Old Helmet (1863), and Melbourne House (1864). In the nineteenth-century, critics admired the depictions of rural American life in her early novels. American reviewers also praised Warner's Christian and moral teachings, while London reviewers tended not to favor her didacticism. Early twentieth-century critics classified Warner's work as "sentimental" and thus lacking in literary value. In the later twentieth century, feminist critics rediscovered The Wide, Wide World, discussing it as a quintessential domestic novel and focusing on analyzing its portrayal of gender dynamics.

Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop". The Warner sisters also wrote famous children's Christian songs. Susan wrote Jesus Bids us Shine while Anna was author of the first verse of the well-known children's song Jesus Loves Me, This I Know, which she wrote at Susan's request.

Both sisters became devout Christians in the late 1830s. After their conversion, they became confirmed members of the Mercer Street Presbyterian church, although in later life, Warner became drawn into Methodist circles. The sisters also held Bible studies for the West Point cadets.

Warner could trace her lineage back to the Puritan Pilgrims on both sides. Her father was Henry Warner, a New York City lawyer originally from New England, and their mother was Anna Bartlett, from a wealthy, fashionable family in New York's Hudson Square. When Warner was a young child, her mother died, and her father's sister Fanny came to live with the Warners. Although Henry Warner had been a successful lawyer, he lost most of his fortune in the Panic of 1837 and in subsequent lawsuits and poor investments. The family had to leave their mansion at St. Mark's Place in New York and move to an old Revolutionary War-era farmhouse on Constitution Island, near West Point, NY. In 1849, seeing little change in their family's financial situation, Susan and Anna started writing to earn money.

Susan Warner died in Highland Falls, New York.

List of Works

* The Wide, Wide World, 1850
* Queechy, 1852
* The Law and the Testimony, 1853
* The Hills of Shatemuc, 1856
* Say and Seal, 1860
* Melbourne House, 1864
* My Desire, 1879
* Nobody, 1882

One of my favorites to sing with my children. Oh, OK...I sometimes sing it alone too=) Thanks for the interesting information!

You are welcome. I didn't know the song was that long. I guess we always sang the short version.

that is one of my favorites even now. with what i have been through lately...it is a very comforting and loving song

ty for sharing rainbow

wow....even rereading the words can put a tear in your eye

Oh, it did me, too, yellowrose. I was thinking I would like to read the book she wrote, "Say and Seal." I had a good day cleaning up the limbs and branches. I couldn't get the fire going good even with weed eater gas but I will work on hauling up some more branches for the fire, tomorrow. Neat thing was I was doing okay with my agoraphobia. I really don't read like I used to and I used to love to read. I was thinking about seeing if I could get some of her books at the library. I was thinking I would like this midi for my cell phone ring tone.

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/j/e/jesuslme.htm

i hope i will remember to sing that song when i am down

funny how a childhood song can have such meaning as an adult

Oh, it encourages me, too. Just think about it. The whole world can hate you but as long as Jesus loves you; You are still okay. That sure helps me with my persecution complex I get sometimes. What a good message to send to children or to people who feel lost. Really backs up the verse; "Suffer the little children to come unto to me for such is the kingdom of heaven." What a good message for Christians. I would rather be a child of God. It is a personal choice like the choice of to serve in heaven or to rule in hell. I would rather serve in heaven.

that is what i need to remind myself in troubled times. i have felt attacked for things i didn't do just to justify someone elses wrongs.

this song really makes me feel good

One thing that I like about Jesus said was:

Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and will give you rest.
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

You have to ask yourself; Is their burden light or their yoke easy? Do they give you rest? Do you feel attacked by Jesus? It just seems like a better choice to me. It is easy for me to love Jesus because he first loved me. It is a wonderful relationship I thin and feel.

i had to keep reminding myself of those scriptures when i was in the hospital at 32. i know sometimes it's easier thought than done (fo me anyway)....but i am getting better at it

i sang that song at work today....made me feel great

I am glad the song made you feel better. It is like a mindset and after a while you really don't care what others think as long as you are taking care of business. I really think God has blessed me with this new aide I am working with. We had a good time working together and I hope her husband passes his t.b. test so he can work at the facility as a cook. He really isn't into the whole butt wiping thing or grunge work as we have to do but ya know what we do is important. I can tell by the smiles we get working with the residents that we are appreciated. I know I wouldn't want to do any other kind of work than what I am doing. I feel the savior wants me to do just what I am doing. It has really gave me a whole new outlook on the verse:

Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

I had to look at the song again today....having a rough time today

Yeah, me too. Both of my vehicles are down and I have an in service at 1:30 pm today and then I can pick up my check. It is a long walk to the nursing home and I am dreading the walk. I took a look under the hood of my van which is in the front yard. I am not used to four cylinders and I followed the fuel line back from the carburetor. I am pretty much sure that the trouble is the fuel pump. The car made it to a friend's house and it starting steaming a lot. I pray that it will get better for you. At least Jesus loves us.

i am so sorry to hear that. i have been fighting a lot of anger and hateful thoughts that i don't like at all

I don't like the anger and hateful thoughts, either. Really makes it hard to be a ambassador of peace with anger and hateful thoughts. But denying their existence doesn't help me, either. With my rage and cynicism I had to learn how to vent or otherwise I get self-destructive or wind up taking it out on some innocent bystander.

After I started walking this morning I didn't get that far when an older couple picked me up and gave me a ride to the nursing home. I tried to give them some money for gas but they told me to just pass it a long to somebody that needed help from me. We had a nice conversation and the old man told me about how when he had car problems. He said him and his wife liked this area better than where they used to live. Just about the time you are ready to write off the human race somebody does nice and you have to reconsider. I walked up to the restaurant from the nursing home and had breakfast. Then walked to the parts store and bought a fuel filter. Made a friend while I was there and he gave me a ride back to the nursing home. Then I waited around for the in service and got my check. My two aide friends chewed my butt for hitch hiking and told that they didn't care if I did wake them up that I should have called them and they would have came and picked me up. They said the only reason they didn't come after me this morning because they thought I had fixed my van as they were the ones who took me to breakfast yesterday morning. They said the reason they gave me their cell phone number was so that I would use it. They drove me to the bank to cash my check and took me home. I put the fuel filter on the van and that didn't fix it but I had a great day anyways. Praise God.

they were sent from God

That is the way I look at it. I waited a bit and thought about what my one mechanic friend told me and thought I would try to adjust the idle. I had some gum out and sprayed the inside of the carburetor. A friend of mine who goes to my church walked by as I was trying to find the adjustment screw and he said that it might be this one screw but he wasn't sure. I told him that I had called his boss who was busying sanding this other vehicle in his shop and if he waited he would get a ride. As my mechanic friend came over because we weren't which screw to turn he said the friend who walking by was right about that adjustment screw. The mechanic said I had the right idea about cleaning the carburetor but needed to take the whole thing apart and then clean it. He said I would be better off if I could drive it over to this other mechanic who specializes on my type of van that he might have a whole carburetor to change it out with. So I now know it isn't the fuel pump at all but the carburetor. My dad was a good mechanic it really isn't something I would call myself. People come into our lives and I don't feel like they come by accident. Like you said I think they come from God.

that is great. i know there are times i don't see that God has sent me people (friends, family, strangers) to help me in my time of need. after i look back on things, i realize that they were sent