Hymn
Lovest Thou Me?
'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?
Could my heart so hard remain,
Prayer a task and burden prove,
Every trifle give me pain,
If I knew a Saviour's love?
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?
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?
Lord, decide the doubtful case,
Thou who art thy people's Sun;
Shine upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed begun.
Lovest Thou Me? — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/lovest-thou-me
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Lovest Thou Me?
The words of Lovest Thou Me were written by John Newton; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 38 more hymns by John Newton, including May the Grace of Christ Our Savior and A Welcome to Christian Friends.
Is Lovest Thou Me public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Lovest Thou Me?
Lovest Thou Me is in 7.7.7.7. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Hasten, Lord, the glorious time, Praise, O Praise Our God and King and A Morning Hymn.