LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 6 8 8 6
| | Writer(s): | Charles Wesley
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1749
| | Bible Refs: | Lk 10:42; Rm 5:5
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 147
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 531
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 772
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 203
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 621
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 541
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 62
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 497
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 124
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 195
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 195
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 423
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 434
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 424
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 553
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 582
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 495
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MUSIC
 Baptist Hymn Book
| 772
| F
| Hymns of Faith
| 413
| F
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 385
| F
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 282
| F
| Believers Hymn Book
| 51
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. O love divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me.
2. Stronger His love than death or hell;
Its reaches are unsearchable;
The first born sons of light
Desire in vain 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.
4. O that I could forever sit
With Mary at the Master’s feet;
Be this my happy choice;
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this
To hear the Bridegroom’s voice.
5. O that, with humbled Peter, I
Could weep, believe, and thrice reply,
My faithfulness to prove.
Thou know’st, (for all to Thee is known,
Thou know’st, O Lord, and Thou alone,
Thou know’st that Thee I love.
6. O that I could, with favored John,
Recline my weary head upon
The dear Redeemer’s breast!
From care, and sin, and sorrow free,
Give me, O Lord, to find in Thee
My everlasting rest.
7. Thy only love do I require,
Nothing on earth beneath desire,
Nothing in heaven above;
Let earth, and heaven, and all things go,
Give me Thy only love to know,
Give me only Thy love.
8. **alt verses
9. O love divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my longing heart
All taken up by thee?
O may I pant and thirst to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me.
10. God only knows the love of God;
O that it more were shed abroad
In this poor longing heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
This only portion, Lord, be mine,
Be mine this better part.
11. O that I may forever sit
Like Mary at the Master’s feet;
Be this my happy choice;
My only care, my only bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this
To hear the Bridegroom’s voice.
12. O that I may like favoured John,
Recline my wearied head upon
My Saviour’s loving breast!
From care, and sin, and sorrow free,
Give me, O Lord, to find in Thee
My everlasting rest.
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