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| PRAISE OF THE LORD £ His Love 
 
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|  | 1. | 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. | 
|  | 2. | 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. | 
|  | 3. | 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. | 
|  | 4. | But though I cannot sing, or tell, to know | 
|  |  | The fullness 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. | 
|  | 5. | 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. | 
|  | 6. | Oh, fill me, Jesus, Savior, with Thy love! | 
|  |  | Lead, lead me to the living fount above; | 
|  |  | Thither my I, in simple faith draw nigh, | 
|  |  | And never to another fountain fly, | 
|  |  | But unto Thee. | 
|  | 7. | 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. |