The Hymnal ‎#644

644. O Love Divine, that stooped to share

1 O Love Divine, that stooped to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear!
On Thee we cast each earth-born care;
We smile at pain while Thou art near.

2 Though long the weary way we tread,
And sorrow crown each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, Thou art near.

3 When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us, Thou art near.

4 On Thee we fling our burdening woe,
O Love Divine, for ever dear;
Content to suffer while we know,
Living and dying, Thou art near.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Love Divine, that stooped to share
• Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1859)
• Publication Date: 1895
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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