156. There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

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

2 There is welcome for the sinner,
and more graces for the good.
There is mercy with the Savior,
there is healing in his blood.

3 But we make God’s love too narrow
by false limits of our own,
and we magnify its strictness
with a zeal God will not own.

4 For the love of God is broader
than the measures of the mind,
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.

5 If our love were but more simple,
we should rest upon God’s word,
and our lives would be illumined
by the presence of our Lord.

Text Information
First Line: There's a wideness in God's mercy
Title: There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
Author: Frederick W. Faber
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Forgiveness: From God; God: Love of; Grace (1 more...)
Source: Hymns, 1861
Tune Information
Name: WELLESLEY
Composer: Lizzie S. Tourjee
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Key: C Major
Source: Hymnal of the Methodist Church with Tunes, 1878
Notes: Chord symbols represent a simplified harmony.



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