Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Verse 1

Love divine,
all loves excelling,
joy of heaven,
to earth come down;

fix in us thy
humble dwelling;
all thy faithful
mercies crown!

Jesus, thou art
all compassion,
pure, unbounded
love thou art;

visit us with
thy salvation;
enter every
trembling heart.

Verse 2

Breathe, O breathe
thy loving Spirit
into every
troubled breast!

Let us all
in thee inherit;
let us find that
second rest.

Take away
our bent to sinning;
Alpha and
Omega be;

end of faith,
as its beginning,
set our hearts
at liberty.

Verse 3

Come, Almighty
to deliver,
let us all
thy life receive;

suddenly return
and never,
nevermore thy
temples leave.

Thee we would be
always blessing,
serve thee as
thy hosts above,

pray and praise thee
without ceasing,
glory in thy
perfect love.

Verse 4

Finish, then,
thy new creation;
pure and spotless
let us be.

Let us see thy
great salvation
perfectly restored
in thee;

changed from glory
into glory,
till in heaven
we take our place,

till we cast our
crowns before thee,
lost in wonder,
love, and praise.