153 O Blessed Savior Is Thy Love

8.6.8.6.

0 blessed Savior, is Thy love

So great! so full! so free!

Fain would we have our thoughts, our hearts,

Our lives, engaged with Thee.

2 We love Thee for the glorious worth

Which in Thyself we see;

We love Thee for that shameful cross,

Endured so patiently.

3 No man of greater love can boast

Than for his friend to die;

Thou for Thine enemies wast slain!

What love with Thine can vie?

4 Though in the very form of God,

With heav'nly glory crowned,

Thou didst a servant's form assume,

Beset with sorrow round.

5 Thou wouldst like wretched man be made

In everything but sin,

That we as like Thee might become

As we unlike had been:

6 Like Thee in strength, in meekness, love,

In life in ev'ry phase;

From glory into glory changed,

Till we behold Thy face.

7 0 Lord, we treasure in our hearts

The mem'ry of Thy love;

And ever shall Thy name to us

A grateful odor prove.

Author:

J. Stennett

Composer:

George T. Smart