HYMN Lyrics Text: I Need Thee Precious Jesus

1. I need Thee precious Jesus,

I need a friend like Thee

a friend to soothe and sympathize

a friend to care for me.

2. I need Thy Heart, sweet Jesus,

to still each anxious care

I long to tell my every want,

and all my sorrows share.

3. I need Thee, sweetest Jesus,

in Thy sacrament of Love

to nourish this poor soul of mine

with the treasures of Thy love.

4. I need Thy Blood, sweet Jesus

to wash each sinful stain

to cleans this sinful soul of mine

and make it pure again.

5. I need thy wounds, sweet Jesus

to tly from perils near,

to shelter

in these hallowed clefts

from every doubt and fear.

6. I’ll need Thee, sweetest Jesus

when death’s dread hour draws nigh.

To hide me in Thy sacred Heart

till wafted safe on high.