Eng:153  Chin:126  Kor:126  Span:-  Tag:153  Fra:-  Por:78 

Lyrics:J. Stennett
Music:George T. Smart
Meter:8.6.8.6

Hymn using same tune:

#714

 

 1  O blessèd Savior, is Thy love

       So great! So full! So free!

    Fain would we have our thoughts, our hearts,

       Our lives, engaged with Thee.

 

 2  We love Thee for the glorious worth

       Which in Thyself we see;

    We love Thee for that shameful cross,

       Endured so patiently.

 

 3  No man of greater love can boast

       Than for his friend to die;

    Thou for Thine enemies wast slain!

       What love with Thine can vie?

 

 4  Though in the very form of God,

       With heav'nly glory crowned,

    Thou didst a servant's form assume,

       Beset with sorrow round.

 

 5  Thou wouldst like wretched man be made

       In everything but sin,

    That we as like Thee might become

       As we unlike had been:

 

 6  Like Thee in strength, in meekness, love,

       In life in ev'ry phase;

    From glory into glory changed,

       Till we behold Thy face.

 

 7  O Lord, we treasure in our hearts

       The mem'ry of Thy love;

    And ever shall Thy name to us

       A grateful odor prove.