DIVINE
LOVE
.
From
the
German
.
I.
THOU
hidden
Love
of
GOD
,
whose
Height
,
Whose
Depth
unfathom'd
no
Man
knows
,
I
see
from
far
thy
beauteous
Light
,
Inly
I
sigh
for
thy
Repose
.
My
Heart
is
pain'd
,
not
can
it
be
At
Rest
,
till
it
finds
Rest
in
Thee
.
II
.
Thy
secret
Voice
invites
me
still
The
Sweetness
of
thy
Yoke
to
prove
;
And
fain
I
would
:
but
tho'
my
Will
Be
fixt
,
yet
wide
my
Passions
rove
.
Yet
Hindrances
strew
all
the
Way
;
I
aim
at
Thee
,
yet
from
Thee
stray
.
III
.
'Tis
Mercy
all
,
that
Thou
hast
brought
My
Mind
to
seek
her
Peace
in
Thee
!
Yet
while
I
seek
,
but
find
Thee
not
,
No
Peace
my
wandring
Soul
shall
see
.
O
when
shall
all
my
Wandrings
end
,
And
all
my
Steps
to
Thee-ward
tend
?
IV
.
Is
there
a
Thing
beneath
the
Sun
,
That
strives
with
Thee
my
Heart
to
share
?
Ah
tear
it
thence
,
and
reign
alone
,
The
Lord
of
ev'ry
Motion
there
:
Then
shall
my
Heart
from
Earth
be
free
,
When
it
has
found
Repose
in
Thee
.
V.
O
hide
this
SELF
from
me
,
that
I
No
more
,
but
CHRIST
in
me
may
live
!
My
vile
Affections
crucify
,
Nor
let
one
darling
Lust
survive
.
In
all
things
nothing
may
I
see
,
Nothing
desire
,
or
seek
but
Thee
!
VI
.
O
LOVE
,
thy
Sov'reign
Aid
impart
,
To
save
me
from
low-thoughted
Care
:
Chase
this
Self-will
thro'
all
my
Heart
,
Thro'
all
its
latent
Mazes
there
.
Make
me
thy
duteous
Child
,
that
I
Ceaseless
may
Abba
Father
cry
.
VII
.
Ah
no
!
ne'er
will
I
backward
turn
:
Thine
wholly
,
thine
alone
I
am
!
Thrice
happy
He
,
who
views
with
Scorn
Earth's
Toys
for
Thee
his
constant
Flame
.
O
help
,
that
I
may
never
move
From
the
blest
Footsteps
of
thy
Love
!
VIII
.
Each
Moment
draw
from
Earth
away
My
Heart
,
that
lowly
waits
thy
Call
:
Speak
to
my
inmost
Soul
,
and
say
I
am
thy
Love
,
thy
GOD
,
thy
All
!
To
feel
thy
Pow'r
,
to
hear
thy
Voice
,
To
taste
thy
Love
is
all
my
Choice
!