====== #86 - More Love to Thee, O Christ ======
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/*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/
  *Composer:
    *++William Howard Doane|{{search>"William Howard Doane" @cobs}}++ (1832-1915), 1868
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  *[[:incipit]]: 56512332125651232171
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 5651232125651232171
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  *[[:dutton:1-100#section8|Dutton's Handbook]]
  *++Lyrics:|\\
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!\\
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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!\\
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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!\\
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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!\\
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    *Elizabeth Payson Prentiss (1818-1878), 1856