O BLESSED SAVIOR
1. O 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 heavenly 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
faith, in meekness, love,
In every beauteous
grace;
From glory unto
glory changed,
Till we behold Thy
face.
7. O Lord! we
treasure in our souls
The memory of Thy
love,
And ever shall Thy
name to us
A grateful odour prove.
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