I sing the praise of love unbounded

Representative Text

1 I sing the praise of love unbounded,
Which God in Christ has shown to man;
I sing of love that hath been founded
Ere yet the stars their courses ran;
The love that offers free salvation
To sinful man of every nation.

2 The love of God planned my salvation
Before I saw the light of day,
And took away the law's damnation
Of him whose feet had gone astray;
God's love is mine, O blessed mortal!
It opens wide the heavenly portal.

3 While life shall last, I'll sing the glory
Of Christ the Saviour and His love;
With angel hosts I'll tell the story
Of Christ, in Zion's home above;
God's love is mine, death cannot sever
Me from that heart that loves forever.

Amen.

Source: The Christian Hymnary: books 1-4 #94

Author: Gerhard Tersteegen

Tersteegen, Gerhard, a pious and useful mystic of the eighteenth century, was born at Mörs, Germany, November 25, 1697. He was carefully educated in his childhood, and then apprenticed (1715) to his older brother, a shopkeeper. He was religiously inclined from his youth, and upon coming of age he secured a humble cottage near Mühlheim, where he led a life of seclusion and self-denial for many years. At about thirty years of age he began to exhort and preach in private and public gatherings. His influence became very great, such was his reputation for piety and his success in talking, preaching, and writing concerning spiritual religion. He wrote one hundred and eleven hymns, most of which appeared in his Spiritual Flower Garden (1731). He… Go to person page >

Translator: R. A. John

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Text Information

First Line: I sing the praise of love unbounded
Original Language: German
Author: Gerhard Tersteegen (1757)
Translator: R. A. John (1912)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. PETERSBURG

Dmitri Stephanovich Bortnianski (b. Gloukoff, Ukraine, 1751; d. St. Petersburg, Russia, 1825) was a Russian composer of church music, operas, and instrumental music. His tune ST. PETERSBURG (also known as RUSSIAN HYMN) was first published in J. H. Tscherlitzky's Choralbuch (1825). The tune is suppo…

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