O Love
who formedst me to wear
The image of Thy Godhead here;
Who soughtest me with tender care
Thro’ all my wanderings wild and drear;
I give myself to Thee
Thine ever
only Thine to be.
who ere life’s earliest dawn
On me Thy choice hast gently laid;
who here as man wast born
And wholly like to us wast made;
who once in time wast slain
Pierced through and through with bitter woe;
who wrestling thus didst gain
That we eternal joy might know;
of whom is truth and light
The Word and Spirit
life and power
Whose heart was bared to them that smite
To shield us in our trial hour:
who thus hast bound me fast
Beneath that easy yoke of Thine;
Love
who hast conquered me at last
Enrapturing this heart of mine—
only Thine to be.
who lovest me for aye
Who for my soul dost ever plead;
who didst that ransom pay
Whose power sufficeth in my stead;
who once shalt bid me rise
From out this dying life of ours;
who once o’er yonder skies
Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers;
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