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Hymn #148

O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art!

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Verse 1

O love divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me.

Verse 2

Stronger His love than death or hell;
Its riches are unsearchable;
The first born sons of light
Desire in vain its depths to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,
The length, and breadth, and height.

Verse 3

God only knows the love of God;
O that it now were shed abroad
In this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
This only portion, Lord, be mine —
Be mine this better part!

Verse 4

O that I could forever sit
With Mary at the Master’s feet!
Be this my happy choice;
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this
To hear the Bridegroom’s voice.

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