Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: O Love divine that stooped to share
Topic: God/In Providence
Writer: O Holmes
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 66
Page Number: 042, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO love divine, that stooped to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear,
On thee is cast each earth-born care,
We smile at pain while thou are near!
Though long the weary way we tread,
And sorrow crown each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, thou art near!
When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us, thou are near!
On thee we fling, our burdening woe,
O love divine, forever dear,
Content to suffer while we know,
Living and dying, thou are near!