Lovest thou Me? I hear my Savior say

Verse 1

"Lovest thou Me?" I hear my Saviour say; Would that my heart had power to answer "Yea," Thou knowest all things, Lord, in heaven above, And earth beneath; Thou knowest that I love."

Verse 2

But 'tis not so; in word, in deed, in thought, I do not, cannot love Thee as I ought; Thy love must give that power, Thy love alone; There's nothing worthy of Thee but Thine own.

Verse 3

Lord, with the love wherewith Thou lovest me, Reflected on Thyself, I would love Thee; Thence on my brethren shed, might it be seen By all around, that I with Thee had been.