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Text:Beloved, let us love: for love is of God
Author:H. Bonar (1808-1889)
Tune:SONG 46
Composer:Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

468. Beloved, let us love: for love is of God

1 Beloved, let us love: for love is of God;
in God alone love has its true abode.

2 Beloved, let us love: for those who love,
they only, are his children from above.

3 Beloved, let us love: for love is rest,
and those who do not love cannot be blessed.

4 Beloved, let us love: for love is light,
and those who do not love still live in night.

5 Beloved, let us love: for only thus
shall we see God, the Lord, who first loved us.

Text Information
First Line: Beloved, let us love: for love is of God
Author: H. Bonar (1808-1889)
Meter: 10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1987
Scripture:
Topic: God's Church: Love and Devotion; Pentecost 5: The New Law; Pentecost 7: The More Excellent Way
Tune Information
Name: SONG 46
Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Meter: 10 10
Key: F Major



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