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Text:Deeper Love
Author:William Howard Doane
Tune:[Precious Savior, dearest friend]
Composer:William Howard Doane
Media:MIDI file

8161. Deeper Love

1 Precious Savior, dearest friend,
While we bend the knee,
Come and give our longing hearts
Deeper love to Thee.

Refrain:
O Savior, loving Redeemer,
Savior, precious to me,
Grant me, I pray Thee,
More of Thy Spirit,
Drawing me closer,
Closer to Thee.

2 Come and consecrate us now,
Seal us ever Thine;
May we to Thy holy will
Every power resign. [Refrain]

3 Trusting as a little child
Help us, Lord, to be,
While we ask in simple faith
Deeper love to Thee. [Refrain]

4 Deeper love, yes, deeper love,
This our constant plea;
Deeper love, yes, deeper love,
Till we’re lost in Thee. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Precious Savior, dearest friend
Title: Deeper Love
Author: William Howard Doane (1880)
Refrain First Line: O Savior, loving Redeemer
Source: Good as Gold (New York: Biglow & Main, 1880)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Precious Savior, dearest friend]
Composer: William Howard Doane
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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