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138 | The Hymnal#139 | 140 |
Text: | O Love, how deep, how broad, how high! |
Translator: | Benjamin Webb (1820-1885) |
Tune: | DEO GRACIAS |
1 O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
How passing thought and fantasy,
That God, the Son of God, should take
Our mortal form for mortals’ sake!
2 For us baptized, for us He bore
His holy fast and hungered sore;
For us temptation sharp He knew;
For us the Tempter overthrew.
3 For us to wicked men betrayed,
Scourged, mocked, in crown of thorns arrayed,
For us He bore the cross's death;
For us at length gave up His breath.
4 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.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Love, how deep, how broad, how high! |
Translator: | Benjamin Webb (1820-1885) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ the Lord: His Life and Ministry; Ash Wednesday; Christ: Friend, The(4 more...) |
Source: | 15th century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DEO GRACIAS |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | c minor |
Source: | "The Agincourt Song," 1415 |