“Thou whom I love, for whom I died,
Lovest thou Me, My bride?” —
Low on my knees I love Thee, Lord,
Believed in and adored.
“That I love thee the proof is plain:
How dost thou love again?” —
In prayer, in toil, in earthly loss,
In a long-carried cross.
“Yea, thou dost love: yet one adept
Brings more for Me to accept.” —
I mould my will to match with Thine,
My wishes I resign.
“Thou givest much: then give the whole
For solace of My soul.” —
More would I give, if I could get:
But, Lord, what lack I yet?
“In Me thou lovest Me: I call
Thee to love Me in all.” —
Brim full my heart, dear Lord, that so
My love may overflow.
“Love Me in sinners and in saints,
In each who needs or faints.” —
Lord, I will love Thee as I can
In every brother man.
“All sore, all crippled, all who ache,
Tend all for My dear sake.” —
All for Thy sake, Lord: I will see
In every sufferer, Thee.
“So I at last, upon My Throne
Of glory, Judge alone,
So I at last will say to thee:
Thou diddest it to Me.”