God In Mercy Sent His Son

Representative Text

1 God in mercy sent His Son
To a world by sin undone;
Jesus Christ was crucified--
'Twas for sinners Jesus died.

Refrain:
Oh the glory of the grace
Shining in the Saviour's face!
Telling sinners from above,
"God is light," and "God is love."

2 Sin and death no more shall reign,
Jesus died and lives again@
In the glory's highest height--
See Him God's supreme delight. [Refrain]

3 All who in His name believe,
Everlasting life receive;
Lord of all is Jesus now,
Ev'ry knee to Him must bow. [Refrain]

4 Christ the Lord will come again,
He who suffered once will reign,
Ev'ry tongue at last shall own,
"Worthy is the Lamb" alone. [Refrain]

Source: A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs. Selected 1856, for the Little Flock. Revised, 1881 #47A

Author: Hannah K. Burlingham

Burlingham, Hannah Kilham, eldest daughter of Henry Burlingham of Evesham. She died at Evesham, May 15, 1901, aged 59. Many of her translations from the German are noted in this Dictionary. See list, p. 1507, iii, [Rev. James Mearns. M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ----------------- She was raised in a Quaker family, Burlingham and became associated with the Plymouth Brethren around 1863. Many of her religious poems and translations appeared in the British Herald. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: God in mercy sent His Son
Title: God In Mercy Sent His Son
Author: Hannah K. Burlingham
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O the glory of the grace
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MENDELSSOHN (51171)

The tune is from the second chorus of Felix Mendelssohn's (PHH 279) Festgesang (Op. 68) for male voices and brass; it was first performed in 1840 at the Gutenberg Festival in Leipzig, a festival celebrating the anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of the printing press. Mendelssohn's tune is similar…

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GUIDE (Wells)

Converted to Christianity as a youth at a mission in Buffalo, New York, Marcus Morris Wells (b. Cooperstown, NY, 1815; d. Hartwick, NY, 1895) spent most of his life near Hartwick as a farmer and maker of farm implements. He is remembered in hymnody for writing both the text and tune of "Holy Spirit,…

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MARTYN (Marsh)


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