| Text: | Immortal Love, for ever full |
| Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 |
| Tune: | BISHOPTHORPE |
| Composer (attributed to): | Jeremiah Clarke, c. 1673-1707 |
1 Immortal Love, for ever full,
for ever flowing free,
for ever shared, for ever whole,
a never-ebbing sea.
2 Blow, winds of God, awake and blow
the mists of earth away:
shine out, O Light Divine, and show
how wide and far we stray.
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 And not for signs in heaven above,
or earth below, they look
who know with John His smile of love,
with Peter His rebuke.
5 In joy of inward peace, or sense
of sorrow over sin,
He is His own best evidence;
His witness is within.
6 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
a present help is He;
and faith has still its Olivet,
and love its Galilee.
7 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.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Immortal Love, for ever full |
| Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 |
| Meter: | CM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2004 |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Healing |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BISHOPTHORPE |
| Composer (attributed to): | Jeremiah Clarke, c. 1673-1707 |
| Meter: | CM |
| Key: | G Major |
| Source: | Select portions of the Psalms, c. 1786 |