We sang this hymn in church tonight.\u00a0 What a wonderful affirmation of God’s love for us and our position with Him.\u00a0 This is one of my all time favorite hymn texts, written by George Robinson, and the traditional music by James Mountain fits the text perfectly.<\/p>\n
Loved with everlasting love,
\nLed by grace that love to know;
\nGracious Spirit from above,
\nThou hast taught me it is so!
\nO, this full and perfect peace!
\nO, this transport all divine!
\nIn a love which cannot cease,
\nI am His, and He is mine.<\/p>\n
Heav’n above is softer blue,
\nEarth around is sweeter green!
\nSomething lives in every hue;
\nChristless eyes have never seen
\nBirds with gladder songs over flow,
\nFlowers with deeper beauties shine,
\nSince I know, as now I know,
\nI am His, and He is mine.<\/p>\n
Things that once were wild alarms
\nCannot now disturb my rest;
\nClosed in everlasting arms,
\nPillowed on the loving breast.
\nO, to lie forever here,
\nDoubt and care and self resign,
\nWhile He whispers in my ear,
\nI am His, and He is mine.<\/p>\n
His forever, only His;
\nWho the Lord and me shall part?
\nAh, with what a rest of bliss
\nChrist can fill the longing heart!
\nHeav’n and earth may fade and flee,
\nFirstborn light in gloom decline;
\nBut while God and I shall be,
\nI am His, and He is mine.<\/p>\n
Here’s a version of the song I sang with Ed Eichner at Feasterville Baptist Church way back in 1998.\u00a0 The arrangement is from Hale and Wilder, and Denise Ackerman is on the piano.<\/p>\n