Baptist Hymnal 2008 ‎#111

111. The Love of God

1 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.

Chorus:
O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure-
The saints' and angels' song!

2 When years of time shall pass away
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. [Chorus]

3 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. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: The love of God is greater far
• Title: The Love of God
• Author: Frederick M. Lehman
• Author (st. 3): Meir Ben Isaac Nehorai
• Refrain First Line: O love of God, how rich and pure!
• Meter: Irregular meter
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2008
• Topic: Praise, Adoration, Worship, Exaltation of God

Tune Information

• Name: LOVE OF GOD
• Composer: Frederick M. Lehman
• Arranger (last stanza setting and choral ending): Bruce Greer
• Meter: Irregular meter
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Arr. © Copyright 2008 Van Ness Press, Inc. (ASCAP) (admin. by LifeWay Worship). All rights reserved.