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.

Breathe, oh, breathe Thy loving Spirit Into every troubled breast!

Let us all in Thee inherit,

Let us find Thy promised rest:

Come, almighty to deliver,

Let us all Thy life receive!

Speedily return, and never,

Never more Thy temples leave!

Finish then Thy new creation,
Pure, unspotted may we be:
Let us see our whole salvation
Perfectly secured by 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.

Is this the kind return,

Are these the thanks we owe, Thus to abuse eternal love, Whence all our blessings flow?

To what a stubborn frame,

Has sin reduced our mind!

What strange rebellious wretches we,

And God as strangely kind!

Turn, turn us, mighty God,

And mould our souls afresh;

Break, sovereign grace, these hearts of stone,

And give us hearts of flesh.

Fountain of grace, rich, full, and free,
What need I that is not in Thee?
Full pardon, strength to meet the day,
And peace which none can take away.
Doth sickness fill the heart with fear?
'Tis sweet to know that Thou art near,
Am I with dread of justice tried?
'Tis sweet to feel that Christ hath died.

In life, Thy promises of aid
Forbid my heart to be afraid;

In death, peace gently veils the eyes;
Christ rose, and I shall surely rise.

O all-sufficient Saviour, be
This all-sufficiency to me;

Nor pain, nor sin, nor death can harm
The weakest shielded by Thine arm.