O Love Divine, that stooped to share

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1 O Love divine, that stooped to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear!
On Thee we cast each earth-born care;
We smile at pain while Thou art near.

2 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!"

3 When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is turned to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us Thou art near!

4 On Thee we fling our burdening woe,
O Love divine, for ever dear!
Content to suffer, while we know,
Living and dying, Thou art near!

AMEN.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #459

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, M.D, LL.D., son of the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D.D. of Cambridge, U.S.A., was born at Cambridge, Aug. 29, 1809, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in 1829. After practising for some time in Boston, he was elected in 1847 to the chair of Anatomy, in Harvard. His writings in prose and verse are well known and widely circulated. They excel in humour and pathos. Although not strictly speaking a hymnwriter, a few of his hymns are in extensive use, and include:— 1. Father of mercies, heavenly Friend. Prayer during war. 2. Lord of all being, throned afar. God's Omnipresence. This is a hymn of great merit. It is dated 1848. 3. 0 Lord of hosts, Almighty King. Soldiers’ Hymn. Dated 1861. 4. 0 Love… Go to person page >

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Henry Baker (b. Nuneham, Oxfordshire, England, 1835; d. Wimbledon, England, 1910; not to be confused with Henry W. Baker) was educated as a civil engineer at Winchester and Cooper's Hill and was active in railroad building in India. In 1867 he completed a music degree at Exeter College, Oxford, Engl…

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A Church of England Hymn Book #561

A Collection of Hymns for the Sanctuary. Rev.ed. with a Supplement #d59

A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #293

A Hundred Songs of God and His Kingdom #d60

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A Manual of Worship #145

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #609

A Service Hymn Book #d107

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #337

Association Songs No.1 #d118

Ausgewahlte Lieder des Evangeliums (Selected Gospel Songs) #d72

Book of Common Praise #d406

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d663

Cân a Mawl #52b

Christ in Song #d415

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Christ in Song #826

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Christian Praise #340

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Christian Song #80

Christian Worship and Praise #247

Christian Worship #353

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Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #419

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Church Harmonies #611

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #439

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #439

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d390

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Church Hymns and Tunes #431

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Common Praise #108

Devotional Hymns #d177

Devotional Hymns #d181

Devotional Hymns #ad181

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Echoes of Paradise #224

Everybody's Hymn Book for Church and Home #d220

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Famous Hymns #54

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Fellowship Hymns #108

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Gloria Deo #397

Gloria in Excelsis #d495

Gloria in Excelsis #d303

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Good-Will Songs #41

Harmony in Praise #d155

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d514

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #725

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #82

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #646

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d380

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #82

Hymn Service No.2 #d71

Hymnal and Ritual Services for the Union Gospel Church #d68

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #303

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #303

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Hymnal for Christian Science Church and Sunday School Services #84

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #629

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #629

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #155

Hymnal, Church of the Brethren #d310

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Hymnal #337

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Hymni Ecclesiae #45

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Hymns and Sacred Songs #59

Hymns for Mothers #d52

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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #263

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Hymns for the Church #207

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Hymns for the Living Age #247

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d796

Hymns of Faith and Life #401

Hymns of Fellowship #d111

Hymns of Hope and Courage #d58

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Hymns of the Advent #321

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Hymns of the Ages #171

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Hymns of the Centuries (Chapel Edition) #179

Hymns of the Christian Life #d298

Hymns of the Christian Life #d297

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Hymns of the Christian Life #65

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Hymns of the Church Universal #427

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Hymns of the Church #390

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #330

Hymns of the Faith #117

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Hymns of the Faith #431

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #222

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #222

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #254

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Hymns of the Living Church #231

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn #ad200

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn, with Music #d200

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Hymns of the Spirit #451

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #188a

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #188b

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Hymns of the United Church #354

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Hymns of the United Church #354

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Hymns of Worship and Service #294

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Hymns of Worship and Service (15th ed.) #294

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Hymns of Worship and Service (Chapel Ed., 4th ed.) #207

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Hymns of Worship and Service #294

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Hymns of Worship and Service #207

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Hymns of Worship and Service #169

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Hymns of Worship and Service #169

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Hymns of Worship and Service. (Chapel ed.) #207

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In Excelsis #565a

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In Excelsis #565b

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In Excelsis #a565a

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In Excelsis #a565b

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