This is hymn #225 in the hymnal.

Key of G starting on D.

Refrain1

The words of "Jesus loves even me", from 1870,are attributed to Emily Sullivan Oakey (1829-1883), a graduate of the Albany Female Academy. As an American educator, author and poet, she taught rhetoric, composition and foreign languages for many years, published a book of poetry and wrote the words to several hymns.

She was always frail and delicate and never was in good health during her life.

The music for "Jesus loves even me" are by P. P. Bliss (1838-1876). Bliss was born in Clearfield County, PA and grew up an a farm. He became an itinerant music teacher, publishing his first song in 1864. In 1868 D. L. Moody told him he should be a singing (and musical) evangelist. He died in a train wreck and fire in 1876 - the centennial year of the Declaration of Independence.

Aside: In Old English, the word "bless" was influenced by the word "bliss" so that the English word "bless" is not the same as the Greek words translated as "bless" in the GNT (Greek New Testament). The Greek words are:

• happy or content
• having a good word said (as in eulogy)

For more information, see:

• Matthew 5: A eulogy of some blessed words on being blissfully happy

Does this make sense?

• Happy and/or content are those who grieve for they shall be consoled.

For more information, see:

• Matthew 5:4 Good grief: the consolation prize of comfort