M0:|t:EWS 112 My God I love Thee not because|c:Eb|m:4/4|a:Attributed to: St. Francis Xavier; tr: Edward Caswall 1849: 1814-1878|h:ST FRANCIS XAVIER John Stainer 1840-1901|r:CM|u:https://hymnary.org/page/fetch/SHWT1892/243/high
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E1:My God, I love Thee; not be_cause/I hope for heav'n there_by,/nor yet for fear that lov_ing not/I might for_e_ver die;
E2:But for that Thou didst all man_kind/up_on the cross emb_race;/for us didst bear the nails and spear,/and ma_ni_fold dis_grace;
E3:And griefs and tor_ments num_ber_less,/and sweat of a_go_ny;/e'en death it_self, and all for man,/who was Thine e_ne_my.
E4:Then why, most lov_ing Je_sus Christ,/should I not love Thee well?/Not for the sake of win_ning heav'n,/nor a_ny fear of hell;
E5:Not with the hope of gain_ing aught,/nor seek_ing a rew_ard,/but as Thy_self hast lo_ved me,/O e_ver lov_ing Lord!
E6:E'en so I love Thee, and will love,/and in Thy praise will sing,/sole_ly be_cause Thou art my God/and my e_ter_nal King!
