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'Tis a point I long to know,
Oft it causes anxious thought;
Do I love the Lord, or no?
Am I his, or am I not?
If I love, why am I thus?
Why this dull and lifeless frame?
Hardly, sure, can they be worse,
Who have never heard his name!
Could my heart so hard remain,
Prayer a task and burden prove;
Every trifle give me pain,
If I knew a Saviour's love?
When I turn my eyes within,
All is dark, and vain, and wild;
Filled with unbelief and sin,
Can I deem myself a child?
If I pray, or hear, or read,
Sin is mixed with all I do;
You that love the Lord indeed,
Tell me, Is it thus with you?
Yet I mourn my stubborn will,
Find my sin, a grief, and thrall;
Should I grieve for what I feel,
If I did not love at all?
Could I joy his saints to meet,
Choose the ways I once abhorred,
Find, at times, the promise sweet,
If I did not love the Lord?
Lord decide the doubtful case!
Thou who art thy people's sun;
Shine upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed begun.
Let me love thee more and more,
If I love at all, I pray;
If I have not loved before,
Help me to begin today.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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7 7 7 7
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Dates:
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1779
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Bible Refs:
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Jn 21:15-16;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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| 1815 | # 409 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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ALETTA
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Meter:
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7 7 7 7
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Dates:
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1858
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 179 | F | | # 273 | F | | # 660 | F | | # 104 | F | | # 442 | F |
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