Text: | O love divine, that stooped to share |
Author: | Oliver W. Holmes |
Tune: | YORK |
Composer: | Edwin Barnes |
1 O love divine, that stooped to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear!
On thee we cast each earth-born care;
We smile at pain while thou art near.
2 Though long the weary way we tread,
And sorrow crown each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread;
Our hearts still whispering, "Thou art near!"
3 When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us, "Thou art near!"
4 On thee we fling our burdening woe,
O love divine, forever dear;
Content to suffer while we know,
Living and dying, thou art near!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O love divine, that stooped to share |
Author: | Oliver W. Holmes |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Christian: Trust and Resignation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | YORK |
Composer: | Edwin Barnes |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #914, 347, or 136. |