1 There's a wideness in God's mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there's a kindness in his justice
which is more than liberty.

2 There is no place where earth's sorrows
are more felt than up in heaven;
there is no place where earth's failings
have such kindly judgement given.

3 For the love of God is broader
than the measure of man's mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.

4 But we make his love too narrow
by false limits of our own;
and we magnify his strictness
with a zeal he will not own.

5 There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that has been shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.

6 There is grace enough for thousands
of new worlds as great as this;
there is room for fresh creations
in that upper home of bliss.

7 If our love were but more simple,
we should take him at his word;
and our lives would be all gladness
in the joy of Christ our Lord.