The Ocean of God's Love

1 Have you sat beside the ocean
When its waves were hushed and still,
Gazing o'er its calm, blue waters?
Have you felt an inward thrill
Of that love which passeth knowledge,
In its boundlessness so free?
Great enough to reach all nations,
Yet so nigh to you and me!

Chorus:
Oh, what rapture! oh, what grandeur,
In the thought of God's great love!
Deeper than the deepest ocean,
Higher than the heavens above;
In its length and breadth unmeasured,
For love's ocean has no shore;
Enough for each, enough for all,
Enough forevermore!

2 O this love of God, so mighty,
We can never grasp it all;
Yet each soul can fill his vessel,
Tho' the limit may be small.
Ev'ry day and ev'ry moment
We may plunge within this tide,
Keeping where its living waters
Can for aye in us abide. [Chorus]

3 Blessed ocean of love's fulness,
Where there's always a great calm!
With its perfect peace it stills us,
E'en when tempests would alarm.
On this faithful bosom resting
Joy unspoken we may know;
For there is no fear, no sorrow,
In love's peaceful, cleansing flow. [Chorus]

Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 2: for use in meetings for christian worship or work #166