Hymn
O Love Divine, that stooped to share
O Love divine, that stooped to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitt'rest tear!
On Thee we cast each earth-born care;
We smile at pain while Thou art near.
Though long the weary way we tread,
And sorrow crown each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, Thou art near.
When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is changed to fear.
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us, Thou art near.
On Thee we rest our burdening woe,
O Love divine, for ever dear!
Content to suffer while we know,
Living and dying, Thou art near.
O Love Divine, that stooped to share — Text from The Church Hymnal, 1920. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/o-love-divine-that-stooped-to-share
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote O Love Divine, that stooped to share?
The words of O Love Divine, that stooped to share were written by Oliver Wendell Holmes; the version here was published in 1920. The library also holds Lord of All Being, Throned Afar, another hymn by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Is O Love Divine, that stooped to share public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Church Hymnal, published in 1920. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of O Love Divine, that stooped to share?
O Love Divine, that stooped to share is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, All People That on Earth Do Dwell, In Hope, Believing Against Hope and The All-Seeing God.