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Love Divine

The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

25 words changed · 2 stanzas only in SDA Hymnal #191

Verse 1

Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down;
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown!

Verse 1

Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down;
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown!

Verse 3

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all thy grace inherit,
Let us find thy promised rest;

Verse 2

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit,
Let us find the promised rest;

Not in this version

Verse 3

Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy grace receive;

Suddenly return, and never,

Nevermore Thy temples leave.

Not in this version

Verse 4

Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be;

Let us see Thy great salvation

Perfectly restored in Thee;

Verse 2

Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation, Enter
every trembling heart.

Refrain

Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Take away our bent to sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.