The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#295

295. God is Love: His Mercy Brightens

1 God is Love: His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

2 Chance and change are busy ever;
Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never;
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the gloom His brightness streameth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

4 He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God is Love: His mercy brightens
• Title: God is Love: His Mercy Brightens
• Author: John Bowring (1825, a.)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  1 John 4:8
• Topic: Worship: Prayer; Lent, First Sunday; Anniversaries; God is Love; Thanksgiving; Trials; God is Wisdom

Tune Information

• Name: BROCKLESBURY
• Composer: Charlotte A. Barnard (1868)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7.
• Key: G Major