O thou who gavest power to love

O thou who gavest power to love. Mandell Creighton* (1843-1901). This is thought to be Creighton's only hymn. It was sung at the wedding of Sarah Lyttelton and J.C. Bailey on 26 April 1900 at St Margaret's Westminster: O thou who gavest power to love  That we might fix our hearts on thee,Preparing us for joys above  By that which heaven on earth we see: Thy Spirit trains our souls to know  The growing purpose of thy will,And gives to love the power to show  That purpose growing larger still; Larger, as love to reverent eyes  Makes manifest another soul,And shows to life a richer prize,  A clearer course, a noble goal. Lord, grant thy servants who implore  Thy blessing on the hearts...