Consecration

More Love to Thee

Words:
Elizabeth Payson Prentis, 1856.
Music:
'More Love to Thee' William Howard Doane, 1870.
Setting:
William Howard Doane, 1870, alt.
Metre:
10 10 12 8
  1. 1More love to Thee, O Christ; More love to Thee;Hear Thou the pray'r 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. 2Once earthly joy I craved, Sought peace and rest;Now thee alone I seek, Give what is best;This all my pray'r shall be, More love, O Christ, to Thee,More love to Thee; More love to Thee.
  3. 3Then shall my latest breath, Whisper Thy praise,This be the parting cry My heart shall raise;This still its pray'r shall be, More love, O Christ, to Thee,More love to Thee; More love to Thee.

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In the hymnals

  • Written in 1856, the words are in 929 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
  • The tune, More Love to Thee, is in 498 hymnals. The tune →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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