All for Jesus, All for Jesus

All for Jesus, All for Jesus
"Crucifixion of Jesus" by Gustave Doré (1866)
GenreHymn
Written1887
TextW J Sparrow Simpson
Based onMatthew 22:37
Meter8.7.8.7

"All for Jesus, All for Jesus", also titled as "All for Jesus! All for Jesus!"[1] and originally titled "For the Love of Jesus", is an English Christian hymn. It was written in 1887 by W J Sparrow Simpson intended as the closing chorus of John Stainer's The Crucifixion oratorio. It started to be published as a separate hymn later in 1901.[2]

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  2. ^ "All for Jesus, All for Jesus". The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Retrieved 2016-01-20.

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