1. Hymn: O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art

O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art

Author: Charles Wesley

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.

2. Stronger His love than death or hell;
    Its reaches 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.

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.

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.

5. O that, with humbled Peter, I
    Could weep, believe, and thrice reply,
    My faithfulness to prove.
    Thou know’st, for all to Thee is known,
    Thou know’st, O Lord, and Thou alone,
    Thou know’st that Thee I love.

6. O that I could, with favored John,
    Recline my weary head upon
    The dear Redeemer’s breast!
    From care, and sin, and sorrow free,
    Give me, O Lord, to find in Thee
    My everlasting rest.

7. Thy only love do I require,
    Nothing on earth beneath desire,
    Nothing in Heaven above;
    Let earth, and Heaven, and all things go,
    Give me Thy only love to know,
    Give me only Thy love.