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Let me thy sweetnes prove;                              thither may I, in simple faith, draw nigh, and
        Renew my life with thine,                               never to another fountain fly, but unto thee.
        Refresh my soul with love.   3/5                        4/5

        Verse 4                                                 Verse 5
        Roug paths my feet have trod                            and then, when Jesus face to face
        Since first their course be gan;                        I see, when at his lofty throne I bow the knee,
        Feed me, thou BreadofGod;
        Help me, thou Son of Man.   4/5                         then of his love, in all its breadth and length,
                                                                its height and depth, its everlasting strength, my
        Verse 5                                                 soul shall sing.   5/5
        For still the desert lies                               HOME
        My thirsting soul before;
        O living waters, rise                                   254  Love divine, all loves
        Within me ever more.                                    excelling,
        Amen.   5/5                                             Verse 1
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                                                                Love divine, all loves excelling,
        253  It passeth knowledge,                              Joy of heaven, to earth come down;
                                                                Fix in us thy humble dwelling,  All thy faithful
        Verse 1                                                 mercies crown :
        It passeth knowledge, that dear love of thine,
        my Saviour, Jesus! yet this soul of mine                Jesu, thou art all compassion,
                                                                Pure, unbounded love thou art;
        would of Thy love, in all its breadth and length,       Visit us with thy salvation,
        its height and depth, and everlasting strength,         Enter every trembling heart.   1/3
        know more and more.   1/5
                                                                Verse 2
        Verse 2 it passeth telling, that dear love of thine,    Come, almighty to deliver,
        my Saviour, Jesus! yet these lips of mine               Let us all thy grace receive; Suddenly return,
                                                                and never,
        would fain proclaim to sinners far and near a           Never more thy temples leave :
        love which can remove all guilty fear, and love
        beget.   2/5                                            Thee we would be always blessing,
                                                                Serve thee as thy hosts above,
        Verse 3 it passeth praises, that dear love of           Pray, and praise thee, without ceasing,
        thine.  my Saviour, Jesus! yet this heart of mine       Glory in thy perfect love.   2/3

        would sing that love, so full, so rich, so free,        Verse 3
        which brings a rebel sinner, such as me, nigh           Finish then thy new creation,
        unto God.  3/5                                          Pure and spotless let us be;
                                                                Let us see thy great salvation,
        Verse 4                                                 Perfectly restored in thee;
        O fill me, Saviour, Jesus, with Thy love! lead,
        lead me to the living fount above;                      Changed from glory into glory,
                                                                Till in heaven we take our place,
                                                                Till we cast our crowns before thee,


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