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Text:I long to know Thee better
Author:Mrs. M. L. Davidson
Tune:[I long to know Thee better]
Composer:J. H. Fillmore

165. I long to know Thee better

1 I long to know Thee better,
To understand Thy will,
That I may loose the fetter,
That keeps me from Thee still.

Chorus:
I long to know Thee better,
To understand Thy will,
My Savior and my helper,
Thy love in me fulfil.

2 O Savior, draw me nearer,
There's safety at Thy side.
And there Thy love is dearer,
Than all the world beside. [Chorus]

3 With Thee the desert dreary
Is robbed of all its gloom,
The way so long and weary
Like summer gardens bloom. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: I long to know Thee better
Title: I long to know Thee better
Author: Mrs. M. L. Davidson
Refrain First Line: I long to know Thee better
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Copyright: By permission.
Notes: "Whom to know aright is life eternal."
Tune Information
Name: [I long to know Thee better]
Composer: J. H. Fillmore
Incipit: 51211 71223 21133
Key: G Major
Copyright: By permission.



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