Common Praise ‎#615

615. What shall I do my God to love

1 What shall I do my God to love,
my loving God to praise?
The length, and breadth, and height to prove,
and depth of sovereign grace?

2 Thy sovereign grace to all extends,
immense and unconfined;
from age to age it never ends,
it reaches all mankind.

3 Throughout the world its breadth is known,
wide as infinity;
so wide it never passed by one,
or it had passed by me.

4 My trespass was grown up to heaven;
but, far above the skies,
in Christ abundantly forgiven,
I see thy mercies rise.

5 The depth of all-redeeming love,
what angel tongue can tell?
O may I to the utmost prove
the gift unspeakable!

6 Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take
possession of your own;
my longing heart vouchsafe to make
thy everlasting throne.

Text Information

• First Line: What shall I do my God to love
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 1:12
  ;
  2 Corinthians 9:15
  ;
  Ephesians 3:17-19
  ;
  Ezra 9:6
  ;
  John 3:16
  ;
  Jonah 1:1-2
  ;
  Psalm 108:4
  ;
  Revelation 22:20
  ;
  Romans 10:18

Tune Information

• Name: OXFORD NEW
• Composer (attributed to): George Coombes, d. 1769
• Meter: CM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Isaac Smith's Psalmody