Text: | O Love of God, How Strong and True |
Author: | Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 |
Tune: | DE TAR |
Composer: | Calvin Hampton, 1938-1984 |
1 O love of God, how strong and true,
Eternal and yet ever new;
Uncomprehended and unbought,
Beyond all knowledge and all thought.
2 O wide-embracing, wondrous love,
We read Thee in the sky above;
We read Thee in the earth below,
In seas that swell and streams that flow.
3 We read Thee best in Him who came
To bear for us the cross of shame,
Sent by the Father from on high,
Our life to live, our death to die.
4 We read Thy pow'r to bless and save
E'en in the darkness of the grave;
Still more in resurrection light
We read the fullness of Thy might.
5 O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love, in Thee we rest,
Forever safe, forever blest.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O love of God, how strong and true |
Title: | O Love of God, How Strong and True |
Author: | Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2018 |
Topic: | The Celebration of the Gospel Story: Creation and Providence; Love Of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DE TAR |
Composer: | Calvin Hampton, 1938-1984 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Copyright: | © 1973, Concordia Publishing House |