407. Love Divine, All Love Excelling

1 Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heav'n, to earth come down!
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation;
Enter ev'ry trembling heart!

2 Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into ev'ry troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit,
Let us find Thy promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.

3 Come, Almighty, to deliver;
Let us all Thy life receive;
Graciously return, and never,
Nevermore, Thy temples leave!
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray, and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.

4 Finish then, Thy new creation,
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee,
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heav'n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

Text Information
First Line: Love divine, all love excelling
Title: Love Divine, All Love Excelling
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-88
Meter: 87 87 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Heavenly Riches; Trinity 1
Tune Information
Name: DULCE CARMEN
Arranger: W. H. Monk, 1823-89
Meter: 87 87 D
Key: G Major
Source: An Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 1782; Adapt. Collection of Motetts of Antiphons, c. 1840



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