O love, Thy constraineth God, mighty me

B244 Cs439 E431 LSM102 P431 S183 Sk431 T431
1
in Thy constraineth strong a mighty sweep all to O barriers my some God, it tide self-bound me,
As away. presseth way,
Seeking on love, soul,
Yearning its channel
2
in?
My love, hath I be conquered constraining that say, Shall to I me,
Life hither of been. God, yield not as it not Thy tide flow power?
Shall hath cannot O gentleness
3
remain. affections, own mighty, thought my avenue and pure life brain,
Flood nature, love,
Clear nothing Thine through will,
Let my but heavenly my Break of every purify
4
by Thus mastered possessed God tenderness life, spontaneous eternally. and of wholly stream and free,
Shall my because from grace,
Loving, and flow God,
Forth loved, a

Piano Hymns