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Text:Immortal Love, Forever Full
Author:John G. Whittier
Tune:SERENITY
Composer:William V. Wallace

607. Immortal Love, Forever Full

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 knoweth whence it came,
and comprehendeth love.

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 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
a present help is he;
and faith has still its Olivet,
and love its Galilee.

5 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.

6 O Lord and Master of us all,
whate'er our name or sign,
we own thy sway, we hear thy call,
we test our lives by thine!

Text Information
First Line: Immortal Love, forever full
Title: Immortal Love, Forever Full
Author: John G. Whittier (1866)
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Healing, Physical; Biblical Places: Olivet, Galilee; Inner Healing (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SERENITY
Composer: William V. Wallace (1856)
Meter: C.M.
Key: D Major



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