615. What shall I do my God to love

1 What shall I do my God to love,
my loving God to praise?
The length, and breadth, and height to prove,
and depth of sovereign grace?

2 Thy sovereign grace to all extends,
immense and unconfined;
from age to age it never ends,
it reaches all mankind.

3 Throughout the world its breadth is known,
wide as infinity;
so wide it never passed by one,
or it had passed by me.

4 My trespass was grown up to heaven;
but, far above the skies,
in Christ abundantly forgiven,
I see thy mercies rise.

5 The depth of all-redeeming love,
what angel tongue can tell?
O may I to the utmost prove
the gift unspeakable!

6 Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take
possession of your own;
my longing heart vouchsafe to make
thy everlasting throne.

Text Information
First Line: What shall I do my God to love
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Tune Information
Name: OXFORD NEW
Composer (attributed to): George Coombes, d. 1769
Meter: CM
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Isaac Smith's Psalmody



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