Author: Frederick W. Faber Hymnal: Voices Together #156 (2020) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Hymnal Title: Voices Together Lyrics: 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. Topics: Forgiveness From God; God Love of; Grace; Mercy Scripture: Exodus 34:6-7 Tune Title: WELLESLEY
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy