Scripture Verse

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5

Introduction

Words: E. Ed­win Young, 1923.

Music: Har­ry E. Storrs (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Storrs (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
E. Edwin Young (1895–1980)

Lyrics

I won­der, have I giv’n my best to Je­sus,
Who died up­on the cru­el tree?
To think of His great sac­ri­fice at Cal­v’ry,
I know my Lord ex­pects the best from me.

Refrain

How ma­ny are the lost that I have lift­ed?
How many are the chained I’ve helped to free?
I won­der, have I done my best for Je­sus,
When He has done so much for me?

The hours that I have wast­ed are so many,
The hours I’ve spent for Christ so few.
Because of all my lack of love for Je­sus,
I won­der if His heart is break­ing, too?

Refrain

I won­der, have I cared enough for oth­ers,
Or have I let them die alone?
I might have helped a wan­d’r to the Sav­ior,
The seed of pre­cious Life I might have sown.

Refrain

No long­er will I stay with­in the val­ley,
I’ll climb to mount­ain heights above;
The world is dy­ing now for want of some­one
To tell them of the Sav­ior’s match­less love.

Refrain