Text: | Immortal Love, Forever Full |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Tune: | SERENITY |
Composer: | William V. Wallace |
1 Immortal Love, forever full,
forever flowing free,
Forever shared, forever whole,
a never-ebbing sea!
2 Our outward lips confess the Name
all other names above;
love only knows from where it came
and comprehends God's love.
3 We may not climb the heavenly steeps
to bring the Sovereign down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps
for One no depths can drown.
4 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
this One our help will be;
For faith has still its Olivet,
and love its Galilee.
5 The healing of Christ's seamless dress
still soothes our beds of pain;
We touch it in life's throng and press,
and we are whole again.
6 Through Christ our earliest prayers are said
with words we scarce can frame;
The last low whispers of our dead
still echo with Christ's name.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Immortal Love, forever full |
Title: | Immortal Love, Forever Full |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier (1867, alt.) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Burial and Memorial; Epiphany; God: Love of(6 more...) |
Notes: | Alternate tune: BEATITUDO |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SERENITY |
Composer: | William V. Wallace (1856, arr.) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | D Major |