Text: | There's a wideness in God's mercy |
Author: | F. W. Faber, 1814-63 |
Tune: | CROSS OF JESUS |
Composer: | John Stainer, 1840-1901 |
1 THERE's a wideness in God's mercy
Like the wideness of the sea;
There's a kindness in his justice
Which is more than liberty.
2 There is no place where earth's sorrows
Are more felt than up in heaven;
There is no place where earth's failings
Have such kindly judgement given.
3 For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of man's mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
4 But we make his love too narrow
By false limits of our own;
And we magnify his strictness
With a zeal he will not own.
5 There is plentiful redemption
In the blood that has been shed;
There is joy for all the members
In the sorrows of the Head.
6 There is grace enough for thousands
Of new worlds as great as this;
There is room for fresh creations
In that upper home of bliss.
7 If our love were but more simple,
We should take him at his word;
And our lives would be all gladness
In the joy of Christ our Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | There's a wideness in God's mercy |
Author: | F. W. Faber, 1814-63 |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | Lent |
Notes: | Alternative tune STUTTGART 48 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CROSS OF JESUS |
Composer: | John Stainer, 1840-1901 |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Key: | G Major |