More  love  to  Thee.O  Christ,More  love  to  Thee,Hear  Thou  thepray'rl  make  On  bended  knee;


This  is  mv  earnest  plea, More  love,0  Christ, to  Thee,  More  love  to  Thee  !  More  love  to  Thee


q  ly  O  "  More  Love  to  Thee."

O  I  t*  John  xxi.  17

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  !

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,  0  Christ,  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,  0  Christ,  to  Thee,

More  love  to  Thee.
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Payson  Prentiss  (i8ig — 1S78),  i

O'y' J^  "  Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee."

O  I  T  Gen.  xxviii.  10 — 12.
1  Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee,
Nearer  to  Thee:

BETHANY.    6.4.6.4.6.6.4.
E'en  though  it  be  a  cross

That  raiseth  me;
Still  all  my  song  shall  be,
Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee,

Nearer  to  Thee.
Though  like  the  wanderer,

The  sun  gone  down,
Darkness  be  over  me.
My  rest  a  stone;
Yet  in  my  dreams  I'd  be
Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee,

Nearer  to  Thee.
There  let  the  way  appear

Steps  unto  Heaven;
All  that  Tliou  sendest  me,

In  mercy  given;
Angels  to  beckon  me
Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee,

Nearer  to  Thee.
Then,  with  my  waking  thoughts

Bright  with  Thy  praise.
Out  of  my  stony  griefs

Bethel  I'll  raise;
So  by  my  woes  to  be
Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee,

Nearer  to  Thee.
