Till I learned to love Thy name

Till I learned to love Thy name,
Lord, Thy grace denying,
I was lost in sin and shame,
Dying, dying, dying!

Peace the world could not impart,
Dark and drear the morrow;
In my sad and weary heart,
Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow I

When I learned to love Thy name
O Thou meek and lowly!
Rapture kindled to a flame —
“Holy, holy, holy! "

Oh, that all the earth might ring
With salvation's story,
Till before the throne I sing,
Glory! glory! glory!