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Text: | God Is Love; His Mercy Brightens |
Author: | John Bowring (1792-1872) |
Tune: | SUSSEX |
Adapter: | R. Vaughan Williams |
1 God is Love; His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.
2 Chance and change are busy ever;
Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.
3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the mist His brightness streameth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.
4 He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | God is Love; His mercy brightens |
Title: | God Is Love; His Mercy Brightens |
Author: | John Bowring (1792-1872) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | God: Light; God: Love and Fatherhood; God: Wisdom(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SUSSEX |
Adapter: | R. Vaughan Williams (1906) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Music from The English Hymnal. Used by permission of Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Alternative tune, "Stuttgart," Hymn 151, second tune. |