Hymn
O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art
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!
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.
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!
O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art — Text from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/o-love-divine-how-sweet-thou-art
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art?
The words of O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1917. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including The Spirit of Prayer and I Know That My Redeemer Lives.
Is O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art public domain?
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What is the metre of O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art?
O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art is in 8.8.6.8.8.6. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, O Lord, how happy should we be, The Christian Soldier and The Love of God.