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Author: Johann Scheffler; Catherine Winkworth Appears in 55 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Communion with Christ Lyrics: 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. Used With Tune: ST. MATTHIAS
O Love, Who formedst me to wear