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More about Jesus would I know,
More of His grace to others show;
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love who died for me.
More, more about Jesus,
More, more about Jesus;
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love who died for me.
More about Jesus let me learn,
More of His holy will discern;
Spirit of God, my teacher be,
Showing the things of Christ to me.
More, more about Jesus,
More, more about Jesus;
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love who died for me.
More about Jesus; in His Word,
Holding communion with my Lord;
Hearing His voice in every line,
Making each faithful saying mine.
More, more about Jesus,
More, more about Jesus;
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love who died for me.
More about Jesus; on His throne,
Riches in glory all His own;
More of His kingdom’s sure increase;
More of His coming, Prince of Peace.
More, more about Jesus,
More, more about Jesus;
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love who died for me.
The lyricist
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt
A schoolteacher at the Northern Home for Friendless Children, Hewitt was struck across the back with a heavy slate by a student she was disciplining. The spinal injury, in 1887, left her partly an invalid for the rest of her life. During the long convalescence she turned to English literature and to writing verses for the primary department of her Presbyterian Sunday school, where she would go on teaching until she died. She published "My Faith Has Found a Resting Place" in 1891 under the pen name Lidie H. Edmunds (her own middle name), and in her later decades worked alongside her close friend Fanny Crosby in the gospel-song circle that produced most of her hymns.