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Love Divine, All Love Excelling

Composer
John Zundel
Copyright
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Verse 1

Love Divine, all love 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 the promised rest; Take away the love of 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, Never more 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.

Worship

Public Domain Information

Text
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Tune
Not verified (melody not provided)
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October 3, 2026
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Text Rights
Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 71, scan page 95 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/95). Credit as printed: Charles Wesley, 1747. Text author: Charles Wesley (1707–1788; dates from Wikidata Q349070, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1788): public domain.
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