CPWI Hymnal ‎#459

459. 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 dawn
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 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
• German Title: Liebe die du mich zum Bilde
• Author: Johann Scheffler, 1625-1677
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 (alt.)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: General Hymns: Faith, Hope and Love
• Source: Heilige Seelenlust, 1657

Tune Information

• Name: STELLA
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Easy Hymns for Cahtoic Schools, 1851