I Love My God

I love my God

but with no love of mine

For I have none to give;

I love Thee

Lord

but all the love is Thine

For by Thy life I live.

I am as no­thing

and re­joice to be

Emptied

and lost

and swal­lowed up in Thee.

Thou

Lord

alone

art all Thy child­ren need

And there is none be­side:

From Thee the streams of bless­ed­ness pro­ceed;

In Thee the bless­ed abide.

Fountain of life

and all ab­ound­ing grace

Our source

our cen­ter

and our dwell­ing place.