International Song Service ‎#204

204. Desiring to Love

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

2 Stronger His love than death or hell;
Its riches are unsearchable;
The first-born sons of light
In vain desire 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.

Text Information

• First Line: O love divine, how sweet thou art!
• Title: Desiring to Love
• Author: Rev. Charles Wesley
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1895

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