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It passeth knowledge, that dear love of Thine, My Savior, Jesus; yet this soul of mine Would of Thy love in all its breadth and length, Its height and depth, its everlasting strength, Know more and more. |
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It passeth telling, that dear love of Thine, My Savior, Jesus; yet these lips of mine Would fain proclaim to sinners, far and near, A love which can remove all guilty fear, And love beget. |
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It passeth praises, that dear love of Thine, My Savior, Jesus; yet this heart of mine Would sing that love, so full, so rich, so free, Which brings a rebel sinner, such as me, Nigh unto God. |
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But though I cannot sing, or tell, or know The fulness of Thy love, while here below, My empty vessel I may freely bring; O Thou, who art of love the living spring, My vessel fill. |
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I am an empty vessel—not one thought Or look of love to Thee I’ve ever brought; Yet I may come, and come again to Thee, With this the empty sinner’s only plea, Thou lovest me. |
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Oh, fill me, Jesus, Savior, with Thy love! Lead, lead me to the living fount above; Thither may I, in simple faith draw nigh, And never to another fountain fly, But unto Thee. |
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Lord Jesus, when Thee face to face I see, When on Thy lofty throne I sit with Thee, Then of Thy love, in all its breadth and length, Its height and depth, its everlasting strength, My soul shall sing. |
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Some hymns may be in the same category and of the same subject but have a different feeling. Every hymn has its feeling. For example, "It passeth knowledge, that dear love of Thine" (Hymns, #154) is a hymn for remembering the Lord and has the Lord's love as its subject. The feeling of this hymn is fine, sweet, and tender. The feeling of other hymns may not be as fine as this one, even though their subject is the Lord's love. Some hymns have a fine feeling and are also poetic. Other hymns, however, may not be poetic. In learning the hymns, we need to know their categories and subject so that we can further distinguish them according to their feeling.
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Precious hymn, sweet, tender, poetic. This was one of the favorites of a dear sister who has not been meeting. One day we where singing it and as she found the hymn in her old hymn book she saw she had all sorts of hearts and stars around it, she realized she had enjoyed it much when she was a teenager. O Lord, "Yet I may come, and come again to Thee, with this the empty sinner's only plea, Thou lovest me." Lord, bring this sister and her husband back.
Irvine, California, United States
Very Enjoyable!