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.