Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: John 3:16-17 Lyrics: 1. How has he loved us? How?
Can Earth or Heaven tell?
While prostrate at that cross we bow,
His love’s effects we feel:
The virtue of that sign
Our gasping souls receive,
And ransomed by the death divine
We shall forever live.
2. No angel from his throne
He sent the world to save,
But God his one, beloved Son
To desperate sinners gave:
Who in his bosom lay,
He on his foes bestowed
The Lamb who bore our sins away
And washed us in his blood.
3. Jehovah’s name is Love,
And love his heart inclined
To send his Offspring from above,
A Victim for mankind:
’Twas found in him alone
Salvation’s wondrous cause,
Who freely gave his only Son
To save us by a cross.
4. You did not send your Son
To aggravate our guilt,
But for the sins of Earth t’ atone
His precious blood was spilt:
Not as our Judge he came,
But our Redeemer kind,
That all believing in his name
May life and pardon find. Topics: Lent Text Sources: MS John, 1764
How has he loved us? How?
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