“I have sung long enough of my poor love to Christ, and now I will sing of His love for me.” Under the inspiration of this thought, he wrote—
I am so glad that our Father in heaven
Tells of His love in the book He has given
Wonderful things in the Bible I see,
This is the dearest—that Jesus loves me.
Both words and music are by Mr. Bliss.
The history of modern Sunday-school hymnody—or much of it—is so nearly identified with that of the Gospel Hymns that other selections like the last, which might be appropriate here, may be considered in a later chapter, where that eventful series of sacred songs receives special notice.