Lovest Thou Me?

Verse 1

'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?

Verse 2

Could my heart so hard remain, Prayer a task and burden prove, Every trifle give me pain, If I knew a Saviour's love?

Verse 3

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?

Verse 4

Could I joy with saints to meet, Choose the ways I once abhorred, Find at times the promise sweet, If I did not love the Lord?

Verse 5

Lord, decide the doubtful case, Thou who art thy people's Sun; Shine upon thy work of grace, If it be indeed begun.