Hymns, #153

Praise of the Lord - His Love

Eng/Kor:153  Chin:126  Span:-  Rus:505  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.

 
Hymn #153