Hymns and Tunes 1886 401
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Words: Charles WesleyTune: Beecher8.7.8.7.D.
1Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
2Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast;
Let us all in thee inherit,
Let us find the promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning,
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.
3Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all thy life receive;
Sudden return, and never,
Never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy hosts above,
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.
4Finish then thy new creation,
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in thee.
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
- Words
- Charles Wesley
- Tune
- Beecher
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7.D.
- Scripture
- 1 John 4:19; 2 Corinthians 3:18
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7 · as printed
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 74% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABABCDED
Could also be sung to Converse, Nettleton, Abbot's Leigh, Harwell, All the Way · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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