"Ah, Jesus, let me hear Thy voice" is a nineteenth-century devotional hymn written by the English Congregational minister, hymnwriter, and philanthropist Andrew Reed.
The hymn was first published as No. 108 in Reed's Supplement to Dr. Watts (1817). Composed in five stanzas of four lines each, the text was later featured in his comprehensive Hymn Book (1842, No. 335) under the heading "Desiring Christ." It was subsequently republished in the Wycliffe Chapel Supplement (1872, No. 14).
Although the hymn saw relatively limited congregational adoption within Great Britain, it achieved significant popularity in North America. American compilers frequently included it in major nineteenth-century collections, though minor editorial alterations were sometimes introduced. For instance, Dr. Edwin Francis Hatfield omitted the fourth stanza when compiling his Church Hymn Book. The complete original text was reprinted and preserved in Charles Rogers's Lyra Britannica (p. 476) and Philip Schaff's Christ in Song (1869).
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