SDA Hymnal 455
Immortal Love, Forever Full
Words: John Greenleaf WhittierMusic: TraditionalTune: IMMORTAL LOVEC.M.
1Immortal Love, forever full,
Forever flowing free,
Forever shared, forever whole,
A never ebbing sea!
2We 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.
3But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is He;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
4The 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.
5Through Him the first fond prayers are said
Our lips of childhood frame;
The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with His name.
6O Lord and Master of us all:
Whatever our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine!
- Music
- Traditional
- Tune
- IMMORTAL LOVE
- Also sung to
- Invitation (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #312)
- Meter
- C.M.
- Scripture
- John 14:16-17; Matthew 18:20; Luke 8:44-48
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.6.8.6 · as printed
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 73% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABAB
Could also be sung to Azmon, Coronation, Ortonville, Cantate Domino, Christmas · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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