The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#627

627. 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, forever 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
• Title: O Love divine, that stooped to share
• Author: O. W. Holmes (1859)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: Burial of the Dead; For the Sick and Afflicted; Love Of God
• Notes: Tune name in index: INTERCESSION

Tune Information

• Name: [O Love divine, that stooped to share]
• Arranger: Rev. J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major