The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6568

6568. Thou Grace Divine, Encircling All

1. Thou grace divine, encircling all,
A soundless, shoreless sea!
Wherein at last our souls must fall
O love of God most free!

2. And though we turn us from thy face,
And wander wide and long,
Thou hold’st us still in Thine embrace,
O love of God most strong!

3. The saddened heart, the restless soul,
The toil worn frame and mind,
Alike confess thy sweet control,
O love of God most kind!

4. And filled and quickened by Thy breath,
Our souls are strong and free,
To rise o’er sin and fear and death,
O love of God, to Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: Thou grace divine, encircling all
• Title: Thou Grace Divine, Encircling All
• Author: Eliza Scudder (1857)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Pictures of the Olden Time, as Shown in the Fortunes of a Family of Pilgrims, by her uncle Edmund H. Sears, 1857
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ABIDING GRACE
• Composer: John Spencer Camp (1905)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 14321 17121 35645
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain