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"LOVE . . . AS I HAVE LOVED.(John xiii. 34, 35.)
Fain would I love as Thou hast done,
My Saviour and my Lord;
Thee would I love for all the love
Thou hast on me outpoured.
My Saviour and my Lord;
Thee would I love for all the love
Thou hast on me outpoured.
Fain would I love as Thou hast loved
Thine own dear family,
Thy friends, Thy brethren, fellow-heirs,
Those who are one with Thee.
Thine own dear family,
Thy friends, Thy brethren, fellow-heirs,
Those who are one with Thee.
Fain would I love as Thou hast loved
The evil and the good,
And make Thy love to all around
More fully understood.
The evil and the good,
And make Thy love to all around
More fully understood.
How didst Thou sympathise and bless,
And minister alway!
Then unto death Thou lovedst, Lord;—
Let me so love, I pray.
And minister alway!
Then unto death Thou lovedst, Lord;—
Let me so love, I pray.
How can it be? This earth-bound heart
Is selfish, dull, and cold;
My impotence, My worthlessness
Cannot in words be told.
Is selfish, dull, and cold;
My impotence, My worthlessness
Cannot in words be told.
Nor can words tell the perfectness
To which I would attain;
To be like Thee, to love as Thou,—
This height how can I gain?
To which I would attain;
To be like Thee, to love as Thou,—
This height how can I gain?
