THE LOVE OF GOD
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.
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.
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