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He that dwelleth in love, etc.
1 John 4:16.
O love divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my wandering heart
All taken up in thee!
O may I daily live to prove
The sweetness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me.
2 God only knows the love of God;
O may it now be shed abroad
To cheer my fainting heart!
I want to feel that love divine;
This heavenly portion, Lord, be mine—
Be mine this better part.
3 O that I could for ever sit
With Mary at the Master’s feet!
Be this my happy choice;
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this,
To hear the Bridegroom’s voice.
4 O that I might, with happy John,
Recline my weary head upon
The blessed Redeemer’s breast!
From care, and fear, and sorrow free,
Give me, O Lord, to find in thee
My everlasting rest.
C. Wesley.