Author: Charles Wesley 1707-88
O sweetest love, O love divine,
when shall this willing heart of mine
yours only, wholly be?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
the greatness of redeeming love,
the love of Christ for me.
2. Stronger his love than death or hell;
its riches 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 may it now be shed abroad
in this poor stony heart!
I long for love, for love divine,
O let this portion now be mine,
be mine this better part!
4. O that I could for ever sit
with Mary at the Master’s feet!
Be this my happy choice:
my only care and happiness,
my joy, my heaven on earth, be this-
to hear the Bridegroom’s voice!
Scriptures: Psalms 37:4, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 42:1-2, Ephesians 2:4, Romans 12:2, Ezekiel 36:26, Job 38:7, Romans 8:38-39, 8:6, 5:16, Ephesians 3:8, Psalms 16:5, 1 Peter 1:12, 1 Corinthians 2:6-7, Romans 5:5, Mark 16:14, Psalms 43:4, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19-20, Luke 5:34-35, John 3:29, Exodus 35:5, Exodus 35:21-29, Ephesians 3:18-19, 1:2-4, 2:3-5, Matthew 25:6, Ephesians 3:3-4
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