God is Love, Let Heaven Adore Him

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God is Love, let heaven adore him

Author: Timothy Rees (1922)
Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
Published in 32 hymnals

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1 God is Love, let heav'n adore him;
God is Love, let earth rejoice;
Let creation sing before him
And exalt him with one voice.
God who laid the earth's foundation,
God who spread the heav'ns above,
God who breathes through all creation:
God is Love, eternal Love.

2 God is Love; and love enfolds us,
All the world in one embrace:
With unfailing grasp God hold us,
Ev'ry child of ev'ry race.
And when human hearts are breaking
Under sorrow's iron rod,
Then we find that selfsame aching
Deep within the heart of God.

3 God is Love; and though with blindness
Sin afflicts all human life,
God's eternal loving kindness
Guides us through our earthly strife.
Sin and death and hell shall never
O'er us final triumph gain;
God is Love, so Love for ever
O'er the universe must reign.

Source: Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #481

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First Line:	God is Love, let heaven adore him
Title:	God is Love, Let Heaven Adore Him
Author:	Timothy Rees (1922)
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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ABBOT'S LEIGH

Cyril V. Taylor (PHH 286) composed ABBOT'S LEIGH in May of 1941 when he was working for the Religious Broadcasting Department of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC had received complaints about the use of AUSTRIA (tune for the Austrian national hymn) during this time of war, a tune…

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ALLELUIA (Wesley)

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