Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
‘Love Divine, All Loves Excelling’ is one of Christianity's best-loved hymns. Sung to the Welsh tune 'Blaenwern' by William Penfro Rowlands, the text by Charles Wesley evokes a sense of love and longing for man's salvation by Jesus Christ, and has become a firm favourite in churches and chapels across Wales and beyond, particularly at weddings.
Performed here by St Martin’s Voices under the direction of Andrew Earis, the hymn was performed in the beautiful chapel of Lambeth Palace, home to the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose website can be reached here: archbishopofcanterbury.org/lambeth-palace
TEXT:
Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of Heav'n to Earth come down,
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown;
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter ev'ry trembling heart.
Come, Almighty to deliver;
Let us all thy grace receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy host above,
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.
Finish, then, thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in thee;
Changed from glory into glory
Till in Heav'n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise!
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‘Love Divine, All Loves Excelling’ is one of Christianity's best-loved hymns. Sung to the Welsh tune 'Blaenwern' by William Penfro Rowlands, the text by Charles Wesley evokes a sense of love and longing for man's salvation by Jesus Christ, and has become a firm favourite in churches and chapels across Wales and beyond, particularly at weddings.
Performed here by St Martin’s Voices under the direction of Andrew Earis, the hymn was performed in the beautiful chapel of Lambeth Palace, home to the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose website can be reached here: archbishopofcanterbury.org/lambeth-palace
TEXT:
Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of Heav'n to Earth come down,
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown;
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter ev'ry trembling heart.
Come, Almighty to deliver;
Let us all thy grace receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy host above,
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.
Finish, then, thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in thee;
Changed from glory into glory
Till in Heav'n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise!
____________
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