English
More Love to Thee, O Christ
- Composer
- W. Howard Doane
- Copyright
- ✓ Public Domain Verified
Verse 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!
Verse 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!
Verse 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, O Christ, to thee, More love to thee, More love to thee!
Verse 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!
Public Domain Information
- Text
- Public Domain
- Tune
- Public Domain
- Verified
- October 3, 2026
- Verification sources
- The Army and Navy Hymnal (Public Domain Archive)
Public Domain status verified for the listed text/source.
Rights & Sources
- Text Rights
- Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 229, scan page 236 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/236). Credit as printed: Elizabeth P. Prentiss, 1869. Text author: Elizabeth Payson Prentiss (1818–1878; dates from Wikidata Q5363377, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1878): public domain. The page's notice "Copyright by W. Howard Doane" concerns Doane's tune (1868); no music is distributed.
- Tune Rights
- Public Domain Tune More Love to Thee by W. Howard Doane (1868), printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920). https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=The+Army+and+Navy+Hymnal%2FHymns%2FMore+Love+to+Thee%2C+O+Christ&oldid=13800180
- Translation Rights
- Not applicable (original-language text)
- Arrangement Rights
- No BibleSlide arrangement provided
- Recording Rights
- No recording provided
- Score / sheet music Rights
- No sheet music provided