Text: | The Love of God |
Author: | F. M. Lehman, 1869-1953 |
Author (attributed to) (St. 3): | Meir Ben Isaac Nehorai |
Tune: | [The love of God is greater far] |
Arranger: | Claudia Lehman Mays |
Composer: | F. M. Lehman, 1869-1953 |
1 The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell.
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.
Refrain:
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure–
The saints, and angels' song.
2 When hoary time shall pass away,
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall;
When men who here refuse to pray,
On rocks and hills and mountains call;
God's love, so sure, shall still endure,
All measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam's race–
The saints' and angels' song. [Refrain]
3 Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made;
Were ev'ry stalk on earth a quill,
And ev'ry man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God, above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Tho' stretched from sky to sky. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The love of God is greater far |
Title: | The Love of God |
Author: | F. M. Lehman, 1869-1953 |
Author (attributed to) (St. 3): | Meir Ben Isaac Nehorai |
Refrain First Line: | Oh, love of God, how rich and pure! |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1977 |
Topic: | Love |
Copyright: | © 1917. Renewed 1945 by Nazarene Publishing House |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [The love of God is greater far] |
Composer: | F. M. Lehman, 1869-1953 |
Arranger: | Claudia Lehman Mays |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | © 1917. Renewed 1945 by Nazarene Publishing House |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |