The Love Of God
Music: Frederick Lehman; arranged by his daughter,Claudia L. Mays
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
O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song.
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song.
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.
Refrain
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
Refrain
Songs such as these sustain me and keep me going. They can put me back on track with God just as well as do the words of scripture at times. God is so gracious and busy working in and with the lives of broken people like me and the hymn writers that He is perfectly willing to use the words of an old hymn writer to encourage the likes of a guy like me to walk more faithfully through the day. We should all be amazed at a God who loves like that!
To read a brief dedscription of how this hymn came to be written chek out:
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/o/loveofgo.htm
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