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| Text: | There's a Wideness in God's Mercy |
| Author: | Frederick William Faber |
| Tune: | GOTT WILL'S MACHEN |
| Composer: | Johann Ludwig Steiner |
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 no place where earth's sorrows
are more felt than up in heaven;
there is no place where earth's failings
have such gracious judgement given.
3 There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that Christ has shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.
4 Troubled souls, why will you scatter
like a crowd of frightened sheep?
Foolish hearts, why will you wander
from a love so true and deep?
5 For the love of God is broader
than the measures of the mind,
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | There's a wideness in God's mercy |
| Title: | There's a Wideness in God's Mercy |
| Author: | Frederick William Faber (1854, alt.) |
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Topic: | God: Nature of God; Assurance; Calling and Response (50 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | GOTT WILL'S MACHEN |
| Composer: | Johann Ludwig Steiner (1723) |
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 |
| Key: | F Major |
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