Text:O love, how deep, how broad, how high
Tune:PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Adapter:Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
Harmonizer:George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934

205. O love, how deep, how broad, how high

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 temptations sharp he knew,
for us the tempter overthrew.

3 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.

4 For us to wicked hands betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death,
for us gave up his dying breath.

5 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.

6 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
First Line: O love, how deep, how broad, how high
Title: O love, how deep, how broad, how high
Meter: 8 8 8 8 LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture:
Topic: Church Year: Lent; Cross; Holy Spirit: Comforter (6 more...)
Source: Latin, 15th century; English translation, anonymous
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Adapter: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
Harmonizer: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934
Meter: 8 8 8 8 LM
Key: D Major
Source: 15th century carol melody; Pie Cantiones 1582
Copyright: Harmony © A. R. Mowbray and Co., Ltd. (an imprint of Cassell plc) from The Cowley Carol Book



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