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 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! 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!