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Text:More Love to Thee
Author:Elizabeth P. Prentiss
Tune:MORE LOVE TO THEE
Composer:William H. Doane

247. More Love to Thee

1 More love to Thee, O Christ,
more love to Thee!
Hear Thou the pray'r I make
on bended knee.
This is my earnest plea:
More love, O Christ, to Thee;
more love to Thee,
more love to Thee!

2 Once earthly joy I craved,
sought peace and rest;
Now Thee alone I seek;
give what is best.
This all my pray'r shall be:
More love, O Christ, to Thee;
more love to Thee,
more love to Thee!

3 Let sorrow do its work,
come grief and pain;
sweet are Thy messengers,
sweet their refrain,
when they can sing with me:
More love, O Christ, to Thee;
more love to Thee,
more love to Thee!

4 Then shall my latest breath
whisper Thy praise;
this be the parting cry
my heart shall raise;
this still its pray'r shall be:
More love, O Christ, to Thee;
more love to Thee,
more love to Thee!

Text Information
First Line: More love to Thee, O Christ
Title: More Love to Thee
Author: Elizabeth P. Prentiss (1856)
Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.4.4
Language: English
Publication Date: 2017
Topic: Submission and Profession
Tune Information
Name: MORE LOVE TO THEE
Composer: William H. Doane (1870)
Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.4.4
Key: G Major



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