Immortal love, forever full
Forever flowing free
Forever shared, forever whole
A never ebbing sea!
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 still has 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
Alternate verses:
Our outward lips confess the name
All other names above
Love only knoweth whence it came
And comprehendeth love
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Blow, winds of God, awake and blow
The mists of earth away
Shine out, O Light divine, and show
How wide and far we stray
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
The letter fails, the systems fall
And every symbol wanes
The Spirit over brooding all
Eternal Love remains
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