| 1 | Thou, Lord, art Love, and everywhere
Thy Name is brightly shown;
Beneath, on earth– Thy footstool fair,
Above, in heaven– Thy throne. |
| 2 | Thy ways are love– though they transcend
Our feeble range of sight,
They wind through darkness to their end
In everlasting light. |
| 3 | Thy thoughts are love, and Jesus is
The living voice they find;
His love lights up the vast abyss
Of the Eternal Mind. |
| 4 | Thy chastisements are love– more deep
They stamp the seal divine,
And by a sweet compulsion keep
Our spirits nearer Thine. |
| 5 | Thy heaven is the abode of love:
O blessèd Lord, that we
May there, when time’s dim shades remove,
Be gathered home to Thee! |
| 6 | Then with Thy resting saints to fall
Adoring round Thy throne,
Where all shall love Thee, Lord, and all
Shall in Thy love be one. Amen. |
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The texts from any two of the above sources (assuming two or more exist) can be selected to appear below side by side by selecting the source name from the drop-down lists:
| 1 | Thou, Lord, art Love, and everywhere
Thy name is brightly shown;
Beneath, on earth Thy footstool fair,
Above, in heaven Thy throne. |
| 2 | Thy word is Love– in lines of gold
There mercy prints its trace;
In nature we Thy steps behold,
The gospel shows Thy face. |
| 3 | Thy ways are Love– though they transcend
Our feeble range of sight,
They wind through darkness to their end
In everlasting light. |
| 4 | Thy thoughts are Love– and Jesus is
The living voice they find;
His Life lights up the vast abyss
Of the Eternal Mind. |
| 5 | Thy chastisements are Love– more deep
They stamp the seal Divine,
And by a sweet compulsion keep
Our spirits nearer Thine. |
| 6 | Thy heaven is the abode of Love,
O blessèd Lord, that we
May there, when time’s deep shades remove,
Be gathered home to Thee! Amen. |
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| Book | Reference | Bible Text |
| Psalm | 52:1 | Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. |
| Matthew | 5:35 | Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. |
| John | 17:20-23 | 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. |
| Hebrews | 12:6 | For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. |
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