 It has been recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys, Phillips, Craig and Dean, VeggieTales and many others.The hymn "My Jesus I Love Thee" was written as a poem by William Ralph Featherston in 1864 when he was 16 years old.Featherston was from Montreal, Quebec and was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Montreal (later renamed St. James Methodist Church, then St. James United Church).