The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#68

68. O Love, who formedst me to wear

1 O Love, who formedst me to wear
The image of Thy Godhead here;
Who soughtest me with tender care
Through all my wanderings wild and drear;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

2 O Love, who ere life’s earliest morn
On me Thy choice hast gently laid,
O Love, who here as man wast born,
And wholly like to us wast made;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

3 O Love, who once in time wast slain,
Pierced through and through with bitter woe;
O Love, who wrestling thus didst gain
That we eternal joy might know;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

4 O Love, who lovedst me for aye,
Who for my soul dost ever plead,
O Love, who didst that ransom pay
Whose power sufficeth in my stead;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

5 O Love, who once shalt bid me rise
From out this dying life of ours;
O Love, who once o’er yonder skies
Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

Text Information

• First Line: O Love, who formedst me to wear
• Author: J. Scheffler (1657)
• Meter: 8s. 6L.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: His Goodness and Love; God: His Goodness and love; God: Loving

Tune Information

• Name: [O Love, who formedst me to wear]
• Composer: J. H. Schein, 1586—1630
• Meter: 8s. 6L.
• Key: E♭ Major