The Hymnal ‎#404

404. Immortal Love, for ever full

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.

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O Lord, and Master of us all,
Whate'er our name or sign,
We own thy sway, we hear thy call,
We test our lives by thine.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Immortal Love, for ever full
• Author: John G. Whittier (1866)
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Visitation
• Notes: Alternative Tune, WALSALL, #496

Tune Information

• Name: FINGAL
• Composer: James S. Anderson (1885)
• Meter: C.M.