Del santo amor de Cristo

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Del santo amor de Cristo que no tendrá igual

Translator: Vicente Mendoza; Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris (1912)
Tune: [Of Jesus' love that sought me]
Published in 21 hymnals

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1 Del santo amor de Cristo que no tendrá igual,
de su divina gracia, sublime y eternal,
De su misericordia, inmensa como el mar,
y cual los cielos alta, con gozo he de cantar.

Coro:
El amor de mi Señor,
grande y dulce es más y más;
Rico e inefable,
nada es comparable,
al amor de mi Jesús.

2 Cuando él vivió en el mundo la gente lo siguió;
sus penas y angustias en él depositó;
Entonces, bondadoso, su amor brotó en raudal
incontenible, inmenso, venciendo todo mal. [Coro]

3 Él puso en las pupilas del ciego nueva luz,
la eterna luz de vida que brilla de la cruz,
Y dio a sus seguidores la gloria de su ser
al impartir su gracia, su Espíritu y poder. [Coro]

4 Su amor, por las edades, del mundo es el fanal
que marca esplendoroso la senda celestial,
Y el paso de los ańos lo hará más dulce y más
precioso al darle al alma su incomparable paz. [Coro]

Source: Celebremos Su Gloria #349

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Translator: Vicente Mendoza

Vicente Mendoza Born: December 24, 1875, Guadalajara, Mexico. Died: 1955, Mexico City, Mexico. Mendoza studied initially under Don Aurelio Ortega. At age of 11 he went to work in a Protestant print shop in Mexico City and helped produce El Evangelista Mexicano (The Mexican Evangelist) for the Methodist Church of the South; he rose to become its director for 17 years. Looking to improve himself, Mendoza entered a night school for workers, but later feeling the call to preach the Gospel, he entered the Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City. When the seminary closed temporarily, Mendoza entered the… Go to person page >

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	Del santo amor de Cristo que no tendrá igual
Title:	Del santo amor de Cristo
English Title:	Of Jesus' love that sought me
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris (1912)
Translator:	Vicente Mendoza
Meter:	13.13.13.13 with refrain
Language:	Spanish
Refrain First Line:	El amor de mi Señor
Copyright:	Public Domain