The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#459

459. O Love divine, how sweet Thou art!

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 reaches 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.

4 O that I could for ever sit
With Mary at the Master’s feet!
Be this my happy choice:
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this,
To hear the Bridegroom’s voice!

Text Information

• First Line: O Love divine, how sweet Thou art!
• Author: C. Wesley (1749)
• Meter: 8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity; God: Loving

Tune Information

• Name: [O Love divine, how sweet Thou art!]
• Composer: H. W. Hardy
• Meter: 8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6.
• Key: E♭ Major