Hymn: O Love divine, that stooped to share

  • Title: O Love divine, that stooped to share
  • First Line: O Love divine, that stooped to share
  • Hymnal: The Hymnal: Revised and Enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892
  • Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
  • Publisher: The Century Co.
  • Publication Date: 1894

Author(s)

  • Author Name: Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Born: 1809
  • Died: 1894
  • Gender: M

Full Text

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 changed 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, forever dear! Content to suffer, while we know, Living and dying, Thou art near. Amen.

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