1  Let me love Thee, Thou art claiming

    Every feeling of my soul;

    Let that love in pow'r prevailing,

    Render Thee my life, my all;

    For life's burdens they are easy,

    And life's sorrows lose their sting,

    If they're carried, Lord, to please Thee,

    If their pain Thy smile should win.

 2  Let me love Thee, come revealing

    All Thy love has done for me;

    Help my heart, so unbelieving,

    By the sight of Calvary:

    Let me see Thy love despising

    All the shame my sins had brought;

    By Thy torments realizing

    What a price my pardon bought.

 3  Let me love Thee, I am gladdest

    When I'm loving Thee, the best;

    For in sunshine or in sadness

    I can find in Thee a rest;

    But without Thee life is fading,

    Treasureless its choicest flowers;

    Taken are its gifts eternal;

    Left, its empty passing hours.

 4  Let me love Thee, love is mighty,

    Swaying realms of deed and thought;

    By it I shall walk uprightly,

    I shall serve Thee as I ought:

    Love will soften every sorrow,

    Love will lighten every care,

    Love unquestioning will follow,

    Love will triumph, love will dare.