Fourth Sunday Meditation: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

 

Love divine, all loves excelling,

Joy of heaven, to earth come down;

Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,

All Thy faithful mercies crown!

Seeds Of Kindness

Yongsung Kim

Korean artist

Jesus, Thou art all compassion,

Pure, unbounded love Thou art;

Visit us with Thy salvation,

Enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit

Into every troubled breast!

Let us all in Thee inherit,

Let us find the promised rest;

Take away our bent to sinning;

Alpha and Omega be;

End of faith, as its beginning,

Set our hearts at liberty.

Come Almighty to deliver,

Let us all Thy grace receive;

Suddenly return, and never,

Nevermore Thy temples leave.

Thee we would be always a blessing,

Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,

Pray, and praise Thee without ceasing,

Glory in Thy perfect love.

Finish, then, Thy new creation;

Pure and spotless let us be;

Let us see Thy great salvation

Perfectly restored in Thee:

Change from glory into glory,

Till in heaven we take our place,

Till we cast our crowns before Thee,

Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

Amen

"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"
(1747)
Charles Wesley
(1707-1788)
English clergyman and hymn writer,
who with his brother, John, founded the movement
 which became the Methodist denomination.