The Hymnal ‎#80

80. God is love; His mercy brightens

1 God is Love; His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

2 Chance and change are busy ever;
Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the mist His brightness streameth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

4 He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God is love; His mercy brightens
• Author: John Bowring (1792-1872)
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: God the Father: His Love and Fatherhood; Comfort; God: Love and Fatherhood, His; God: Presence, His Abiding; Trust and Confidence

Tune Information

• Name: SUSSEX
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7.
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Tune from "The English Hymnal." Used by permission of the Oxford University Press.