Ancient and Modern ‎#143

143. Here is love, vast as the ocean

1 Here is love, vast as the ocean,
loving kindness as the flood,
when the Prince of life, our ransom,
shed for us his precious blood.
Who his love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing his praise?
He can never be forgotten
throughout heaven's eternal days.

2 On the mount of crucifixion
fountains opened deep and wide;
through the floodgates of God's mercy
flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love, like mighty rivers,
poured incessant from above,
and heaven's peace and perfect justice
kissed a guilty world in love.

Text Information

• First Line: Here is love, vast as the ocean
• Welsh Title: Dyma gariad fel y moroedd
• Author: William Rees (1802-1883)
• Translator: William Edwards (1848-1929)
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 85:10-11
  ;
  John 1:16-18
  ;
  1 John 4:10-16
• Topic: Atonement; Church year: Passiontide; Church Year: Good Friday; God: in grace and mercy; God: Love of; Other Saints and Festivals: Holy Cross Day; Passiontide; Proper 24: Year B; The Fifth Sunday of Lent: Year C; The Sixth Sunday of Easter: Year C; The Third Sunday of Lent: Year B

Tune Information

• Name: DIM OND JESU
• Composer: Robert Lowry (1826-1899)
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Key: G Major