"O Love, Who Madest Me to Wear" by Johann Scheffler, 1624-1677 Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878 Text From: THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941) 1. O Love, who madest me to wear The image of Thy Godhead here; Who soughtest me with tender care Thro' all my wand'rings wild and drear,-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 2. O Love, who ere life's earliest dawn On me Thy choice hast gently laid; O Love, who here as man wast born And like to us in all things made,-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 3. O Love, who once in time wast slain, Pierced thro' and thro' with bitter woe; O Love, who, wrestling thus, didst gain That we eternal joy might know,-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 4. O Love, who thus hast bound me fast Beneath that easy yoke of Thine; Love, who hast conquered me at last, Enrapturing this heart of mine,-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 5. O Love, who lovest me for aye, Who for my soul dost ever plead; O Love, who didst my ransom pay, Whose power sufficeth in my stead,-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 6. O Love, who once shalt bid me rise From out this dying life of ours; O Love, who once above yon skies Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers,-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. _________________________________________________ Notes: Hymn #397 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_ Text: 1 John 4:16 Author: Johann Scheffler, 1657 Translated by: Catherine Winkworth, 1858 Titled: "Liebe, die du mich zum Bilde" Tune: "Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn" 1st Published in: _Deutsche geistliche Lieder_ Town: Frankfurt a. O., 1601 ______________________________________________________________ This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg by Richard G. Schaefer and is in the public domain. You may freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary. E-mail: bob_smith@ctsfw.edu Surface Mail: 6600 N. Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA Phone: (219) 452-2148 Fax: (219) 452-2126 ______________________________________________________________