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| Text: | There’s a wideness in God’s mercy |
| Author: | Frederick William Faber, 1814-63 |
| Tune: | CROSS OF JESUS |
| Composer: | John Stainer, 1840-1901 |
1 There's a wideness in God's mercy
like the wideness of the sea,
and forgiveness in his justice
sealed for us on Calvary.
2 There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that has been shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.
3 For the love of God is broader
than the measures of our mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
4 But we make his love too narrow
by false limits of our own,
and we magnify his strictness
with a zeal he would not own.
5 If our love were but more simple
we should take him at his word;
and our lives would be illumined
by the goodness of our Lord.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | There’s a wideness in God’s mercy |
| Author: | Frederick William Faber, 1814-63 (alt.) |
| Meter: | 87.87 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
| Topic: | God's Love to Us; Mercy of God; People of God (5 more...) |
| Notes: | May be sung to OMNI DIE 101 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CROSS OF JESUS |
| Composer: | John Stainer, 1840-1901 |
| Meter: | 87.87 |
| Key: | F Major |
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