Trinity Hymnal ‎#453

453. O the deep, deep love of Jesus!

1 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free;
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me,
Is the current of thy love;
Leading onward, leading homeward,
To thy glorious rest above.

2 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Spread his praise from shore to shore;
How he loveth, ever loveth,
Changeth never, nevermore;
How he watches o'er his loved ones,
Died to call them all his own;
How for them he intercedeth,
Watcheth o'er them from the throne.

3 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Love of ev'ry love the best:
'Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
'Tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
'Tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
For it lifts me up to thee.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
• Author: Samuel Trevor Francis, 1834-1925
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  John 13:1
  ;
  Ephesians 3:19
• Topic: Christ: Love and Grace of; Christ: Priestly Intercessin of; Christian Life: Sanctification

Tune Information

• Name: EBENEZER
• Composer: Thomas John Williams (1890)
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. D.
• Key: f minor