213. There's a Wideness in Your Mercy

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

2 But we make your love too narrow
by false limits of our own,
and we magnify your strictness
with a zeal you will not own.

3 For the love of God is broader
than the measures of our minds
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.

Text Information
First Line: There's a wideness in your mercy
Title: There's a Wideness in Your Mercy
Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 (alt.)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Jewish and Christian Teachings: Worship; Compassion; Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Tune Information
Name: CHARLESTON
Meter: 8.7.8.7.
Key: D Major
Source: Amos Pillsbury's United States' Sacred Harmony, 1799



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