Good evening. Let's begin by
standing and singing 257. Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus. 257. It's so sweet to trust in Jesus,
just to take Him at His word, just to rest upon His promise,
just to know the Saint, the Lord. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious
Jesus, know for grace to trust Him more. Oh, how sweet to trust
in Jesus, just to trust His cleansing blood. Just in simple faith to
plunge me, meet the healing, cleansing flood. Jesus, Jesus,
how I trust Him, how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus,
though for grace to trust Him more. It is too sweet to trust
in Jesus Just from sin and self to cease Just from Jesus simply
taking Life and rest and joy and peace Jesus, Jesus, how I
trust Him How I've proved Him o'er and o'er Jesus, Jesus, precious
Jesus. Oh, for grace to trust Him more. I'm so glad I learned to trust
Him, precious Jesus, Savior, Friend. And I know that Thou
art with me, will be with me to the end. Jesus, Jesus, how
I trust Him, how I proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus,
precious Jesus, O for grace to trust Him more. Thank you. I would like to read out of Luke
4. Luke 4. starting with verse 14, 14 to 22. And Jesus returned in the power
of the Spirit into Galilee, and there went out a fame of Him
through all the region round about. And he taught in their
synagogues, being glorified of all. And he came to Nazareth,
where he had been brought up. And as his custom was, he went
into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto
him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book,
he found the place where it is written, the spirit of the Lord
is upon me. because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach
the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he
gave it again to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of
all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he
began to say unto them, This day, is this the scripture fulfilled
in your ears? And all bear him witness and
wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, is not this Joseph's
son? Our heavenly merciful Father,
we thank you again, Lord. You have permitted us to assemble
together. And Father, we thank you for
this great blessing. where from week to week, Lord,
you allow these doors to be opened. And it is so rare, Lord, that
we can still hear the unsearchable riches of the Lord Jesus Christ
proclaimed from this pulpit. Father, we thank you for this
great gift. And Lord, will you especially
remember us this evening, where once again we are gathered here.
Lord, give us ears to hear and hearts to understand. And we
also think of Brother Eric again, Lord, where he hopes to stand
before us. Each time is a new time. And Father, you know how
he studies so often for so many hours preparing these messages.
But we also know, Lord, without your blessing, without the unction
of your Spirit, Then Lord, it will not be a blessing, but Lord,
will you remember him that he may not stand up here by himself,
but Lord, that he may feel your presence and unloosen his tongue,
Lord, that he may declare the glory of Christ and that we may
be comforted. Lord, remember him in mercy,
be with also Michelle with her labors. Remember them both, Lord,
continue to give them health and strength and courage to go
forward. and be with Brother Eric also where he prepares for
a message for Montana. Lord, be with him in his traveling
and bring him home safely once again. And Father, we thank you
for allowing Brother Scott to be with us. With all his troubles,
Lord, continue to give him healing for his body. And we think of
many others, Lord, that gather with us with various troubles
and difficulties with their health. Father, with you, all things
are possible. And will you comfort us, Lord, with the comfort which
only you can give us, a comfort in the gospel. Father, remember
us in mercy this evening, and Father, if it would please you,
will you call out our loved ones, our children, and all those you
know perfectly, Lord, who your sheep are, and if it would please
you, Lord, will you call them out of nature's darkness and
give them, Lord, a hunger and thirst after the Lord Jesus Christ,
for Jesus' sake alone, amen. Our second hymn will be 218,
Burdens are Lifted at Calvary, 218. Days are filled with sorrow and
care, hearts are lonely and drear. Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Jesus is buried here. Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Calvary, Calvary. Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Jesus is very near. ? Best your care on Jesus today
? Leave your worry and fear ? Burdens are lifted at Calvary ? Jesus
is very near ? Burdens are lifted at Calvary ? Calvary, Calvary
? Burdens are lifted at Calvary Jesus is very near. Troubled soul, the Savior can
see every heartache and tear. Burdens are lifted at Calvary. Jesus is very near. Gardens are lifted at Calvary,
Calvary, Calvary. Gardens are lifted at Calvary,
Jesus is very near. Thank you. Good evening. Let's go to Isaiah 63. Last week, when we were here,
we were looking, our focus was on verse one. And this is the question that's
asked. Who is this that cometh from Edom? with dyed garments
from Basra. This that is glorious in his
apparel, he's decked out, traveling in the greatness of his strength,
and here's the answer. I that speak in righteousness,
mighty to save. Now I want to do a quick recap
of what we saw here the last time. This is the triumphant
Savior. This is our glorious Lord and
Savior, the captain of our salvation. He's the one in whom the sinner's
hope is vested. He's the one in whom we hope. We have no other salvation. We have no other plan. We have
no other righteousness. We have nothing to bring to God. All our hope is fixed in the
Lord Jesus Christ. And he's the one who's returning
from the warfare where he defeated all our enemies and where he
delivered his people, where he obtained their eternal redemption. He's described here as the victorious
warrior returning from the fight where only one could be victorious. He had fought Satan, He defeated
sin. He did battle with death and
the grave. He fought against all his enemies,
the powers and the principalities that were the reigning Jews. And he fought against the body
of sin. And that body of sin is the enmity
in man by our nature, our carnal nature, which is enmity against
God. And only one can win. Either
those things win, or Christ wins. There cannot be more than one. There cannot be more than one
that survives. Only one is the winner. Only
one is the conqueror. And we see that it is the Lord
Jesus Christ who rose from the dead victorious. And we call
him Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father,
the Prince of Peace. And he's coming up from Edom.
and from a city called Basra in Edom. And these parts are
known for their enmity against God and against his people. And
Basra we saw means sheepfold, and it means fortress. And the
significance there is that the sheep, the sheep of God, the
Lord's sheep were held fast. in that fortress, they could
not set themselves free. They were bound, they were there
in that enmity, along with all the other people, they were there
in that enmity, held fast in that fortress which kept them,
which they could not get out. And so we read of our deliverer
in John 10, verse three, where he tells us to him, the Savior,
the Lord, the porter openeth. the sheep hear his voice and
he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out." He takes
his sheep out from Basra. He doesn't leave us there. He
doesn't leave us to perish with the inhabitants of this world.
He delivers his people and then he brings them into his sheepfold
where he has gathered together all his sheep. So then we see
that Christ is coming from that place with this description that
he has on dyed garments from Basra and what it means is that
his appearance is one of servant. He's dressed like a servant which
he was when he came in this flesh, when the Word of God was made
flesh and dwelt among us. And so our Savior came as the
servant of God to accomplish the salvation of his people who
were held captive in Basra and he came to deliver them from
death and to give them life. Now, in our text this evening,
our Savior declares that he is the one who went into the wine
press. And what he's saying is, I went
into the wrath of God. I went and took that judgment
of God which was your due, which you earned. by your debts in
sin and iniquity and trespasses. This is what my people obtained,
but I've come to pay that debt. And I went into the wrath of
God, the winepress of God, to obtain your deliverance and your
salvation. And so he died our death as our
substitute on the cursed tree, dying the death that we had earned
that we might have life in him. as his redeemed children. So
I've titled this message, Trotting the Wine Press Alone. So let's
pick up now in our text in verse 2. Now when I read this you'll
notice that there's some language in there that can be confusing
and it actually reminds me of the fog of war. I've never been
in warfare but from what I understand it can get a bit crazy in there. You can get turned around very
easily when there's loud noises, bombs and gunfire going off and
there's smoke and you forget which side, where people are
that might be flanking you from the sides and people get turned
around and they get lost and they get taken. And so there
is some confusion here, but that confusion is ours. It's not the
Lord's. It's not the Lord's confusion. He knows exactly what He's doing.
And there's two things being declared here. One is there's
a salvation work which our Savior has come to do for His people. And there's also a work of vengeance
against His enemies to destroy them. As I was thinking about
this today, I remembered that quite a while ago I watched a
movie titled Saving Private Ryan. And it was a war movie. It was
about World War II. And the premise of that movie
seemed to go back to the Civil War when President Lincoln had
to write a letter to one mother who had lost, I think it was
all six of her sons in one day, one battle. Because in the Civil
War, you joined the company of your town and people right around
you. And he had to write a letter.
saying, sorry, you've sacrificed greatly for your country. All
six of your sons have passed away. I can't even imagine. It
makes me tear up. And I can't even imagine. But
that's what happened. And saving Private Ryan, which
is World War II, was the Army had learned from that experience.
And so they would separate the sons. And they would make sure
they went into different companies. So that couldn't happen. And
what happened was I think three or four of the sons in World
War II had died of another mother. And she had one son left. And
so they sent a company of men in to get that boy out. This
was after D-Day and he went in, they had to go in there and they
had to get him out from Germany. And so they sacrificed greatly
and they lost men, but they got him out safely and delivered
him home to his mother. And so that's what that was about.
And in that sense, they had to go in there and battle the enemy
to save that person who they were sent to save. And that's
what our Lord did. He went into the battle to obtain
redemption of you his people whom he loves and would deliver
you out from that going in there suffering greatly for your sake
for your sakes to bring you out alive this day so verse 2 says
wherefore this is another question this is Isaiah as the church
asking this question wherefore art thou red in thine apparel
and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine fat So they're
saying here, we can see you're a great man. You're a mighty
man of valor. Why are you dressed like a servant
that has done the job of a servant, going into the wine vat and going
into that wine press and doing the work that a servant would
do? And the answer is because Christ
would trod that wine press for his people. He would go in and
do that work of the servant of God to deliver us because we
could not deliver ourselves. We were dead in trespasses and
sins. We were dead in Adam. He goes
on and says in, or it goes on and says in verses three and
four, he says, I've trodden the winepress alone. And of the people,
there was none with me. for I will tread them in mine
anger. God is going to judge the wicked,
and trample them in the day of my fury, and their blood shall
be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in
mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come." He's saying,
I'm going to judge the wicked, but this day, today, This is
the day of grace when I go into the wine press for my people,
for their sake, to deliver them, to give them an expected end
in fellowship with my Father, that they might know me, the
true and living God, and have life in me. delivered from darkness,
taken out of that prison in Basra, and brought into life by my blood,
my salvation. And so by going to the cross,
our Savior went into the winepress of God's wrath. And he did this
as the sacrifice of his people. He did this as our surety in
order to pay every debt. every price that we owed, he
paid it. He put it on himself in order
to deliver us out from that deserved wrath that we had earned and
obtained. And at the same time, he sealed
the destruction of all his enemies and our enemies. He conquered
every foe, conquered them all. To get to the wine press, which
he endured there on the cross, Christ had to first wade into
that battle. He had to go into that battle
in perfect righteousness, fulfilling all righteousness as the spotless
Lamb of God, showing that He is indeed that perfect sacrifice,
the one who is able to do this work. He had to go into that
battle in the heat of that battle, in the midst of that battle,
with all that hatred and persecution, in order to demonstrate that
He is indeed the perfect sacrifice, that He fulfilled all righteousness,
and we fulfilled all righteousness in Him. And in that process,
He shows us that man is completely dead in trespasses and sins.
He cannot deliver himself. And we see that in our enmity,
in our being scattered from Him, in our denying Him. We see that
He did this all Himself. And He shows us that in our hearts
we understand and we know that we justly deserve the judgment
of God. We justly deserve that judgment.
Right, brother? He shows us that. If God were to put us in hell,
we got exactly what we deserved. But in grace and in mercy, he
delivered us from that judgment. Thanks be to the God and his
son, Jesus Christ. So when he came in the flesh,
he entered into the midst of the warfare, being hated, being
persecuted. He was speaking to the religious
Jews, and he said in John 8, verse 40, he said, now you seek
to kill me. A man who has told you the truth,
which I have heard of God, this did not Abraham. He's saying,
I'm not coming just to press your buttons. I'm coming with
a message from the Father, who gave me this word to tell you.
And I'm telling you the truth. And because I tell you the truth,
you want to put me to death. You're Father Abraham, right?
Abraham didn't do this. You're of your father, which
he said was the devil, was the devil. And so they eventually
took him and they crucified him according to the scriptures.
Exactly as God told us it would be, Christ was crucified according
to the scriptures. While he was there, And when
He came in the flesh to be taken of their wicked hands, the reason
why He was there, the only reason why He was there, the only purpose
for Christ to come in the flesh and to be taken and allow Himself
to be taken by their wicked hands was for you who this day believe
Him, for you who have no righteousness. For you who have no good works,
nothing to bring to the Father, your hands, my hands are empty
of anything good, of anything righteous, of anything deserving
of His attention. But Christ came for that purpose
to to make us righteous in His blood, to make us righteous in
Him and to bring us to the Father. So He did this all for the love
of His bride's sake. And He willingly went to the
cross in order to provide an atonement for our sins. Make
no mistake, the only reason He was there was because we are
sinners, dead in trespasses and sins, rebels in Adam, in Adam. That's the only reason why Christ
came, was for his people. And so he entered into that wine
press because in Adam we all deserved exactly what the inhabitants
of this world are getting, that judgment. We deserved it too.
We deserve it too. We stink just as bad as they
do. We all deserve that death. And so this wine press of God's
wrath It's reserved for judgment, for God's judgment on the wicked,
on the unrighteous. Turn over to Revelation. Let's
see where it talks about this winepress and why I say it's
linked specifically with the judgment of God. So Revelation
14, let's go to verse 18. In this chapter, it first describes
our Lord's salvation of his people, when he brings them to himself,
when he harvests them. And that goes just before what
we're reading here. And in verse 18, it begins to
speak of the punishment of the wicked in the wine press. So
it says, another angel came out from the altar, which had power
over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp
sickle, saying, thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the
clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle
into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast
it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. and the wine-press
was trodden without the city. And blood came out of the wine-press
even unto the horse bridles by the space of a thousand six hundred
furlongs. And so that description there
is the winepress that Christ went into for you and me that
are his people who were given to him by the Father. He went into that winepress to
deliver us from that wrath and that judgment which is coming
upon the earth so that we have no fear of that second death
and that day because by the grace of God and his son Jesus Christ,
your name and your name, and your name, and yours, and yours,
is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. And for that sake, and
that sake alone, for Christ's sake, you have no part in this
winepress of the wrath of God's judgment. You're delivered from
it for Christ's sake, because He is your righteousness. And
how do I know that? Because He's revealed faith in
you. giving you that hope and no other hope but the righteousness
of God revealed in your heart. The righteousness of the Lord
Jesus Christ showing you that He is it, He is your salvation
and you are thankful for it by the grace of God. And so Christ
was there receiving the wrath that we deserved and providing
that atonement for us. He came and bore us in himself.
And the scriptures say in Romans 6, 6, Paul tells us, we were
crucified with Christ. When he died, we died. We were in him as he went through
that wrath. And really one of the best pictures
that Scripture gives us is Noah's Ark. Just like Noah's Ark was
in that fiery wrath and that judgment, that family, those
eight souls, that the Lord would repopulate the earth with, that
those eight souls were in that ark, in Christ, protected. That
ark bore all that wrath, and they went through it safe in
the ark, safe in the ark. And so we're thankful for what
our Savior did. Turn over to Isaiah 53. Let's see that described for
us here. Isaiah 53, verses four and five. It says there, Of Christ surely
He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Yet we did
esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. That's
how we saw it. But there's a reason why He was
afflicted of God. He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace
was upon him. And with his stripes, those received
in the winepress, we are healed." And so he did that for his people. Lay your head down on the pillow,
think about tonight, think about what your Savior did, what He
bore for you to deliver you from that winepress, from that wrath
of God. And bless His name. Thank God
for him, rejoice in him. Brethren, he came up against
the fortress of Basra and he took all that held us in bondage,
opening the gate and led us forth by his light and giving us life
in his life. Turn over to Colossians 2 now,
Colossians 2. Let's go to verse 13. Here's another scripture which
shows us what our Savior did in delivering us from wrath and
judgment and from dead-letter religion and things that cannot
save. Colossians 2.13, And you, being dead in your sins
and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together
with him having forgiven you all trespasses, blotting out
the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, given what we are in this flesh, was contrary
to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. So everything that was opposed
to our reconciliation with the Father, Christ satisfied every
demand that was laid against us. Anything that anyone could
charge against you was all laid on Christ, so that nothing can
be charged against you. Nothing. Nothing will stick.
There's nothing for them to say. Christ paid it all. All. The prince of this world,
our Savior said, cometh and hath nothing in me. He's got nothing
in me. And where are you? You're in
Christ. He's got nothing in the Savior. That means nothing can stick,
nothing can touch Him, nothing can get in there, and where you
are, which is in Christ, He's got nothing. Nothing to lay at
the feet to charge you with, nothing to accuse you with. The
accuser is cast out. He's cast out, he's got nothing
more to say against you. And that's because we are made
whole and complete in our savior who paid the debt as our shorty,
paid it in full. He was responsible for it all.
He took responsibility for it all and was worthy and able to
do it. Able to do it. God is pleased,
well pleased with his son and he has accomplished our redemption
with his own blood. And the father smells the sweet
savor of his son, and looks upon you and is satisfied, well pleased. It says verse 15, having spoiled
principalities and powers, he made a show of them, or a public
spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. So that nothing
but the grace of God has any claim on you now this day. Nothing
but the grace of God has any claim on you. Thank God, thank the Lord for
that grace and mercy. You're free in Christ, free indeed.
Our Lord says in John 10, verse 10 and 11, the thief cometh not
before to steal and to kill and to destroy, but I have come that
they, my sheep, might have life and have it more abundantly. true, spiritual, the fullness
of life in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am the Good Shepherd, he says,
the Good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. So who did Christ accomplish
this for? We see that he is the one. Who
is this? It's the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Savior. Who
did he accomplish this salvation for? At the end of verse four,
Christ tells us who this salvation is for. He says, the year of
my redeemed is come. The year of my redeemed is come.
He accomplished this deliverance for a peculiar people. particular
people whom he loved before the foundation of the world was ever
laid. And he calls them my redeemed. My redeemed. That's a particular
person. That's a specific people that he has in mind. My redeemed. These are his purchased possession,
his beloved bride, given to him by the Father, committed into
his hands to obtain their salvation. laying everything that we needed
upon Him, and entrusting us wholly to Him. The Father first trusted
Christ, and our faith follows by the grace of God. And so we
see these were previously described in terms of the grace of God
up at Isaiah 62, verse 12. Look there, we're right in, just
look up the previous chapter, last verse, verse 12. It says, and they shall call
them the holy people. This is speaking of the election
of grace, chosen of God and given to Christ. We're told, according
as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,
Ephesians 1.4. Then it says there in verse 12,
they shall call them the redeemed of the Lord. They were purchased
by the blood of Christ through the sacrifice that he made for
them in that winepress on the cross. These are the church of
God which he hath purchased with his own blood. Acts 20 verse
28 And thou shalt be called, we're told, sought out, sought
out, so that all his redeemed are irresistibly called. None
shall be lost. None shall go without hearing.
The Lord shall bring this gospel of his salvation to their ears. He will set them apart and give
them the ear of faith whereby they hear it. We're told that
as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Acts 13, 48. And so just as we see with the
resurrection, when God says, all the dead shall be raised,
not one person here thinks that those that are dead in the grave
have any power or ability to say to God, that's all right.
I don't want to be raised from the dead. God isn't asking their
will. He's not looking to their will
whether or not they want to be raised from the dead. He's going
to raise them from the dead when he purposes to do it. So it is
with salvation. We're all dead in trespasses
and sins and God is able and does come to whom he will in
the time when he will and he calls them forth from the dead
and raises them to life in Christ. Same thing with the new birth.
God doesn't ask the children, do you want to be born? Would
you like to go to those parents? No. He sovereignly chooses whom
he will and brings them forth. And none of us can stay or prevent
that birth. So it is in the new birth. God
comes and sovereignly gives birth to whom he will, making them
born again by his seed. Same thing with creation. Creation
wasn't asked what their will was, whether they wanted to be
created or not. God sovereignly created all that
he would create. And so it is in the new creation,
when God wills, we shall be created in Christ, in our Savior. And then it says, thou shalt
be called a city not forsaken. And what that says is every one
of God's people shall persevere because they are preserved of
the Father. As Paul wrote, for it is God
which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2.13. So man has
no hand in this salvation. Salvations of the Lord and everything
God wills and purposes for his people is and shall be brought
to pass. The scripture says, if there
had been a law given, which could have given life verily righteousness,
should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded
all in unbelief, all under sin, that the promise by faith of
Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe in Christ. Your God manifests those for
whom Christ gave His life by faith, by revealing faith in
you, giving you the gift of faith. Faith isn't our gift to God.
Faith is the gift of God to His sheep, whereby they look and
behold and believe the Lord Jesus Christ. Now for this cause, our
Lord tells us in verse five, Isaiah 63, verse five now. And I looked, and there was none
to help. And I wondered that there was
none to uphold, therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto
me, and my fury it upheld me." And so our Lord is showing you
over and over repeatedly that we could not and would not save
ourselves, therefore He provided perfect salvation in His Son. He's showing us that repeatedly. He says in verse six, what we've
been delivered from, and I will tread down the people in mine
anger and make them drunk in my fury. And I will bring down
their strength to the earth. Thankfully, brethren, this is
not God's purpose and will for you. He's purpose to be gracious
to you in the sun, putting you in the sun who came willingly
going into the wine press to deliver you out of the wine press
and to give you life. and an inheritance in Him for
all eternity. Who is this? This is our Savior,
He that speaks in righteousness, mighty to save. To Him give all
the prophets witness, that through His name, whosoever believeth
in Him shall receive remission, forgiveness of sins. Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Savior whom the Father
sent, and He came willingly and in love for His people. And He'll
turn away none who come to Him seeking mercy, begging forgiveness,
asking to be received of Him. He receives all who come to Him.
Amen. Amen. I'll close us in prayer, and
then Brother Joe will close us in a final hymn. Our gracious
Lord, we thank you, Father, for your grace and mercy, which you
show to us abundantly in your Son. Lord, we thank you for showing
us repeatedly in your scripture this good news of what Christ,
our mighty Savior, Our willing Savior, our sufficient Savior
came and accomplished for us. Lord, we see how unworthy we
are. We see that there's nothing good
in us. But Lord, we are so thankful
for your grace. We're so thankful that you chose
us and didn't pass us by. but gave us to your son who accomplished
all our salvation perfectly, fully, sufficiently in him. And we thank you, Lord, for this
life. We thank you for the faith which you've given us. We thank
you for assembling us together to hear this word and to rejoice
in your salvation. Lord, I pray also for next weekend
that you would bless my brother, whether it be Scott or Joe, Lord,
that you would help them to preach your word, to proclaim this good
news to your people gathered here, sinners saved. Lord, thank
you. It's in Christ's name we pray
and give thanks. Amen. Let's sing Closing Hymn 323. I think this will be a new one
for us. It's a good song though. It's
an easy one to sing, I believe, too. More Love to Thee, 323. For love to thee, O Christ, for
love to thee, Hear thou the prayer I make, unbended knee. This is my earnest plea. More love, O Christ, to Thee. More love to Thee. More love to Thee. Once earthly joy I craved, sought
peace and rest. Now Thee alone I seek, give what
is best. This all my prayer shall be,
more love, O Christ, to Thee, more love to Thee, more love
to Thee. Let sorrow do its work, send
grief and pain. Sweet are Thy messengers, sweet
their refrain. When they can't sing with me,
more love, O Christ, to Thee, more love to Thee, more love
to Thee. Then shall my latest breath whisper
thy praise. This be the parting cry my heart
shall raise, This still its prayer shall be, More love, O Christ,
to Thee, More love to Thee. More love to thee. Thank you so much.