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1688. God of Almighty Love

1. God of almighty love,
By whose sufficient grace
I lift my heart to things above,
And humbly seek Thy face.

2. Through Jesus Christ the Just,
My faint desires receive;
And let me in Thy goodness trust,
And to Thy glory live.

3. Whate’er I say or do,
Thy glory be my aim;
My offerings all be offered through
The ever-blessèd name!

4. Jesu, my single eye
Be fixed on Thee alone:
Thy name be praised on earth, on high;
Thy will by all be done!

5. Spirit of faith, inspire
My consecrated heart;
Fill me with pure, celestial fire,
With all Thou hast, and art.

6. My feeble mind transform,
And, perfectly renewed,
Into a saint exalt a worm,
A worm exalt to God!

Text Information
First Line: God of almighty love
Title: God of Almighty Love
Author: Anonymous
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: ST. MICHAEL, Louis Bourgeois, 1551
Tune Information
Name: CARLISLE
Composer: Charles Lockhart (1791)
Adapter: William Crotch (1836)
Meter: SM
Incipit: 15132 17114 56514
Key: Eā™­ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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