Lyrics
Suggested uses Easter and General
Immortal Love for ever full,
For ever flowing free,
For ever shared, for ever whole,
A never-ebbing sea.
Our outward lips confess the name
All other names above;
Love only knoweth whence it came
And comprehendeth love.
We may not climb the heavenly steeps
To bring the Lord Christ down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For him no depths can drown:
But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is he;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
The healing of his seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch him in life’s throng and press,
And we are whole again.
Through him the first fond prayers are said
Our lips of childhood frame;
The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with his name.
Alone, O Love ineffable,
Thy saving name is given;
To turn aside from thee is hell,
To walk with thee is heaven.
Lyrics by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 – 1892). Publid Domain.
Recordings
- Tune: Bishopthorpe composed by Jeremiah Clarke (1670 – 1707). Public Domain
- Meter: CM
- Performances ℗ 2020 7 Verse UKTU21900123 ℗ 2018 6 Verse Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved.
7 verses
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6 verses – omitting verse 3
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