The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#533

533. O love divine and golden

1 O love divine and golden,
Mysterious depth and height,
To Thee the world beholden,
Looks up for life and light;
O love divine and gentle,
The blesser and the blest,
Beneath thy care parental
The world lies down in rest.

2 O love divine and tender,
That through our homes dost move,
Veiled in the softened splendor
O holy household love.
A throne without thy blessing
Were labor without rest,
And cottages possessing
Thy blessedness, are blest.

3 God bless these hands, united;
God bless these hearts made one!
Unsevered and unblighted
May they through life go on,--
Here in earth’s home preparing
For the bright home above,
And there forever sharing
Its joy where God is love.

Text Information

• First Line: O love divine and golden
• Author: J. S. B. Monsell (1863)
• Meter: 7, 6. 8L.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: Various Occasions: Marriage and the Home; Various Occassions: Marriage and the Home

Tune Information

• Name: [O love divine and golden]
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1841)
• Meter: 7, 6. 8L.
• Key: E♭ Major