Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New ‎#662

662. 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 his justice,
which is more than liberty.
There is no place where earth's sorrows
are more felt than up in heav'n;
there is no place where earth's failings
have such kindly judgement giv'n.

2 But we make his love too narrow
by false limits of our own;
and we magnify his strictness
with a zeal he would not own.
There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that has been shed,
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.

3 For the love of God is broader
than the scope of human mind,
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more simple,
we should take him at his word;
and our hearts would find assurance
in the promise of the Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: There's a wideness in God's mercy
• Title: There's a wideness in God's mercy
• Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 (alt.)
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Psalm 130:7
• Topic: Funerals; Grace and Providence; Redemption and Salvation; Temptation, Penitence and Forgiveness; Year A: Lent 5; Year B: Proper 14; Year B: Proper 5

Tune Information

• Name: DAILY DAILY
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Key: F Major
• Source: "Paderborn Gesangbuch" (1765)