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Text:O Love Divine, how sweet Thou art!
Author:C. Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:RAVENDALE
Composer:Dr. Walter Stokes, 1847-

514. O Love Divine, how sweet Thou art!

1 O Love Divine, how sweet Thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by Thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming Love,
The love of Christ to me!

2 Stronger His love than death or hell,
Its riches are unsearchable:
The first-born sons of light
Desire in vain its depths to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,
The length, and breadth, and height.

3 God only knows the love of God;
O that it now were shed abroad
In this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
This only portion, Lord, be mine,
Be mine this better part!

Text Information
First Line: O Love Divine, how sweet Thou art!
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Needful, one thing; One Thing Needful; Christ: Bridegroom (8 more...)
Tune Information
Name: RAVENDALE
Composer: Dr. Walter Stokes, 1847-
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
Key: Eā™­ Major



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