If she could see my inward part

Would she me love with all her heart?

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For love her truly, I truly do

Even with this introspective view

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Her greatest joy, my greatest pleasure

Yet sin has made this at my leisure

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For Christ’s sake I must like him be

But secondarily this I wish her to see

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To love her like Christ, this is my call 

But for this God must have my all 

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Were any less than this devoted

Some part of my love would be demoted 

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So in pursuing her, I pursue my Lord 

For loving her is to Him moving toward