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Text:More Love to Thee
Author:Elizabeth Prentiss
Tune:[More love to Thee, O Christ]
Composer:William H. Doane

392. More Love to Thee

1 More love to Thee, O Christ,
More love to Thee!
Hear Thou the prayer 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 prayer shall be:
More love, O Christ, to Thee.
More love to Thee,
More love to Thee!

3 Let sorrow do its work,
Send 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 prayer 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 Prentiss
Language: English
Publication Date: 1970
Topic: Aspiriaton; Commitment
Tune Information
Name: [More love to Thee, O Christ]
Composer: William H. Doane
Key: A♭ Major



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