Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#364

364. 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 morn
On me Thy choice hast gently cast;
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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Love, Who formedst me to wear
• Author: Johann Scheffler (1657)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Communion with Christ

Tune Information

• Name: ST. MATTHIAS
• Composer: William H. Monk (1861)
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 8 8
• Key: F Major