More love to thee, O Christ

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!

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!

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!

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!

Words: Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, 1869

Music: More Love to Thee, Proprior Dei.

Meter: 64 64 66 44

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