Timeless Truths ‎#57

57. 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, come grief or 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, more love to Thee!
• Title: More Love to Thee
• Author: Elizabeth P. Prentiss (1856)
• Meter: 10.10.12.8
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 6:24
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/More_Love_to_Thee); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (392); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/m/o/morelove.htm)

Tune Information

• Name: [More love to Thee, O Christ, more love to Thee]
• Composer: William H. Doane (1870)
• Meter: 10.10.12.8
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/More_Love_to_Thee); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (392); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/m/o/morelove.htm)