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Immortal Love, Forever Full

Verse 1

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Verse 1

Immortal Love, forever full,

Forever flowing free,

Forever shared, forever whole,

A never ebbing sea!

Verse 2

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Verse 2

We nay not climb the heavenly steeps

To bring the Lord Christ down;

In vain we search the lowest deeps,

For him no depths can drown.

Verse 3

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But warm, so tender, even yet

A present help is He;

And faith has still its Olivet,

And love its Galilee.

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The healing of His seamless dress

Is by our beds of pain;

We touch Him in life's throng and press,

And we are whole again.

Verse 5

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Verse 5

Through Him the first fond prayers are said,

Our lips of childhood frame;

The last low whispers of our dead

Are burdened with His name.

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Verse 6

O Lord and Master of us all:

Whate'er our names or sign,

We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,

We test our lives by Thine!