Text: | Immortal Love, for ever full |
Author: | J. G. Whittier |
Tune: | SERENITY |
Arranger: | W. V. Wallace |
1 Immortal Love, for ever full,
For ever flowing free,
For ever shared, for ever whole,
A never ebbing sea.
2 Our outward lips confess thy Name
All other names above;
Love only knoweth whence it came,
And comprehendeth love.
3 We may not climb the heavenly steeps
To bring the Lord Christ down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For Him no depths can drown:
4 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is He;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
5 The healing of His seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch Him in life's throng and press,
And we are whole again.
6 Through Him the first fond prayers are said
Our lips of childhood frame;
The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with His Name.
7 O Lord, and Master of us all,
Whate'er our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Immortal Love, for ever full |
Author: | J. G. Whittier |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1920 |
Topic: | General |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SERENITY |
Arranger: | W. V. Wallace |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | E Major |
Notes: | Public Domain. |