When My Love to God Grows Weak

portrait — Charles J. Vincent, Jr. (1852–1934)

Words: John R. Wreford, in the Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship, by John Relly Beard (London: John Green, 1837).

Music: Consecration (Vincent) Charles J. Vincent, Jr. (1852–1934) (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

Canterbury adapted from Orlando Gibbons, 1623 (🔊 pdf nwc)

If you know when the music was written, or where to get a good picture of Wreford (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Vincent,

Agony in the Garden
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)

When my love to God grows weak,
[or When my love to Christ grows weak]
When for deeper faith I seek,
Then in thought I go to thee,
Garden of Gethsemane.

There I walk amid the shades
While the lingering twilight fades
See that suffering, friendless One,
Weeping, praying there alone.

When my love for man grows weak,
When for stronger faith I seek,
Hill of Calvary, I go
To thy scenes of fear and woe.

There behold His agony,
Suffered on the bitter tree;
See His anguish, see His faith,
Love triumphant still in death.

Then to life I turn again,
Learning all the worth of pain,
Learning all the might that lies
In a full self sacrifice.

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