Text:Love divine, all love excelling
Author:C. Wesley
Tune:RIPLEY

31. Love divine, all love excelling

1 Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down!
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart!

2 Breathe, O breathe Thy loving spirit
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit,
Let us find Thy promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning,
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.

3 Come, Almighty, to deliver,
Let us all Thy life receive;
Graciously return, and never,
Never more Thy temples leave!
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy precious love.

4 Finish then Thy new creation,
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee!
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

Text Information
First Line: Love divine, all love excelling
Author: C. Wesley (1746, a.)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Worship: General Petitions; Advent, Fourth Sunday; Epiphany, Fourth Sunday (7 more...)
Notes: Alternate tune #108 or #266
Tune Information
Name: RIPLEY
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Source from index: From Gregorian



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