God is love.
1 John 4:8
Words: Thomas Parnell (1679–1718).
Music: Song 13 (Gibbons) Orlando Gibbons, 1623 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Holy Jesus! God of love!
Look with pity from above!
Shed the precious purple tide,
From Thine hands, Thy feet, Thy side.
Let Thy streams of comfort roll,
Let them please and fill my soul,
Let me thus for ever be,
Full of gladness, full of Thee.