The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5429

5429. O Thou Who Gavest Power to Love

1. O Thou who gavest power to love
That we might fix our hearts on Thee,
Preparing us for joys above
By that which here on earth we see:

2. Thy Spirit trains our souls to know
The growing purpose of Thy will,
And gives to love the power to show
That purpose growing larger still;

3. Larger, as love to reverent eyes
Makes manifest another soul,
And shows to life a richer prize,
A clearer course, a nobler goal.

4. Lord, grant Thy servants who implore
Thy blessing on the hearts they blend,
That from that union evermore
New joys may blossom to the end.

5. Make what is best in each combine
To purge all earthly dross away,
To strengthen, purify, refine,
To beautify each coming day.

6. So may they hand in hand advance
Along life’s path from troubles free;
Brave to meet adverse circumstance
Because their love points up to Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: O Thou who gavest power to love
• Title: O Thou Who Gavest Power to Love
• Author: Mandell Creighton (1900)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: He wrote [this hymn] in London, early in 1900. He gave a copy in MS. to the Hon. Sarah Kathleen, daughter of the 4th Lord of Lyttleton, who had it printed, and it was first used on April 26, 1900, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. J. C. Bailey, of Egerton Gardens, London. Julian, p. 1626

Tune Information

• Name: DAS WALT' GOTT VATER
• Composer: Daniel Vetter (1713)
• Adapter & Harmonizer: Jo­hann S. Bach
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 13553 12313 56176
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Mu­sic­alische Kirch-und Haus-Er­götz­lich­keit, part 2 (Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny: 1713)
• Copyright: Public Domain