Voices Together ‎#156

156. There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

1 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy,
like the wideness of the sea.
There’s a kindness in God’s justice,
which is more than liberty.

2 There is welcome for the sinner,
and more graces for the good.
There is mercy with the Savior,
there is healing in his blood.

3 But we make God’s love too narrow
by false limits of our own,
and we magnify its strictness
with a zeal God will not own.

4 For the love of God is broader
than the measures of the mind,
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.

5 If our love were but more simple,
we should rest upon God’s word,
and our lives would be illumined
by the presence of our Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: There's a wideness in God's mercy
• Title: There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
• Author: Frederick W. Faber
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Exodus 34:6-7
  ;
  Numbers 14:18-19
  ;
  Psalm 25
  ;
  Psalm 86:15-16
  ;
  Psalm 103:6-14
• Topic: Forgiveness: From God; God: Love of; Grace; Mercy
• Source: Hymns, 1861

Tune Information

• Name: WELLESLEY
• Composer: Lizzie S. Tourjee
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Key: C Major
• Source: Hymnal of the Methodist Church with Tunes, 1878
• Notes: Chord symbols represent a simplified harmony.