Dear Lord, Thou art the Tree of Life (Hymn 198)

Verse 1: Dear Lord, Thou art the Tree of Life, The very life supply; Thy fruits, replete with life divine, Our hunger satisfy. Verse 2: Thou art the true and heav'nly Vine, Our very source of life; By Thee we live, in Thee abide, And rest from all our strife. Verse 3: Dear Lord, Thou art the Apple Tree, Thyself we all enjoy; Thy fruits are sweet to all our taste, Thy shadow brings us joy. Verse 4: Thou art to us the healing Tree; Our death Thou didst endure; Thou on a tree for us wast slain, That we may have Thy cure. Verse 5: Thou art the very Branch of God, His fulness dwells in Thee; In Thee we take of Him as grace And the reality. Verse 6: Lord, Thou art also David's Branch Incarnate here to be; In Thee we see and comprehend The true humanity. Verse 7: Thou art the sprouting Rod with God, In Thee is endless life; Before Thy resurrection pow'r Death never can be rife. Verse 8: Thou also art the swimming Stick, The fallen "ax" are we; By Thine uplifting pow'r of life, From death we're lifted free. Verse 9: Lord, Thou art such a "Plant of Fame, Of Thee we richly share; As we are here remembering Thee, Thyself we thus declare!