Text: | O Love Divine, how sweet Thou art! |
Author: | C. Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Tune: | RAVENDALE |
Composer: | Dr. Walter Stokes, 1847- |
1 O Love Divine, how sweet Thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by Thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming Love,
The love of Christ to me!
2 Stronger His love than death or hell,
Its riches are unsearchable:
The first-born sons of light
Desire in vain its depths to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,
The length, and breadth, and height.
3 God only knows the love of God;
O that it now were shed abroad
In this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
This only portion, Lord, be mine,
Be mine this better part!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Love Divine, how sweet Thou art! |
Author: | C. Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Needful, one thing; One Thing Needful; Christ: Bridegroom(8 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RAVENDALE |
Composer: | Dr. Walter Stokes, 1847- |
Meter: | 8.8.6.8.8.6 |
Key: | E♭ Major |