I Belong to Jesus

I belong to Jesus;
I am not my own;
All I have and all I am,
Shall be His alone.

I belong to Jesus;
He is Lord and King,
Reigning in my inmost heart,
Over everything.

I belong to Jesus;
Blessèd, blessèd thought!
With His own most precious blood
Has my soul been bought.

I belong to Jesus;
He has died for me;
I am His and He is mine,
Through eternity.

I belong to Jesus;
He will keep my soul,
When the deathly waters dark
Round about me roll.

I belong to Jesus;
And ere long I’ll stand
With my precious Savior there
In the glory land.

Author: Martha S. Clingan

Year: 1891

The hymn is also known by its first line 'I belong to Jesus; I am not my own'. It first appeared in the 1890s in collections such as 'Gospel Hymns No. 5' and is consistently attributed to Martha S. Clingan (sometimes listed as M. S. Clingan). No widely recognized alternate attributions exist.