Text: | O Love, How Deep |
Author: | Thomas à Kempis, 1380-1471 |
Translator: | Benjamin Webb, 1819-1885 |
Tune: | DEO GRACIAS |
1 O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
beyond all thought and fantasy,
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake!
2 He sent no angel to our race,
of higher or of lower place,
but wore the robe of human frame,
and to this world himself he came.
3 For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast and hungered sore;
for us temptation sharp he knew,
for us the tempter overthrew.
4 For us he prayed, for us he taught;
for us his daily works he wrought,
by words and signs and actions thus
still seeking not himself but us.
5 For us, by wicked men betrayed,
for us, in crown of thorns arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us he gave his dying breath.
6 For us he rose from death again,
for us he went on high to reign;
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
7 All glory to our Lord and God
for love so deep, so high, so broad,
the Trinity whom we adore
forever and forevermore.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O love, how deep, how broad, how high |
Title: | O Love, How Deep |
Author: | Thomas à Kempis, 1380-1471 (abr.) |
Translator: | Benjamin Webb, 1819-1885 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2021 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Redeemer |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DEO GRACIAS |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | c minor or modal |
Source: | English, 15th cent.; Setting: Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950 |
Copyright: | Setting © 1950 Hymns Ancient & Modern, admin. Hope Publishing Company |