1 Sweet and low, sweet and low, comes a song at eventide,
Sweet and low, sweet and low, tones in gentle cadence glide;
Soft and low, soft and low, as the dews of ev'ning fall,
"God is love," saying "God is love," and his care is over all.
Chorus:
Love, love, love that passeth understanding, From our God is giv'n,
Love, love, love surpassing any other, born for us in heav'n;
Love, love, ev'ry heart rejoices as the burdens from us fall,
God is love, saying, God is love, and his care is over all.
2 To and fro, to and fro, still the gentle tones we hear,
Sweet and low, sweet and low, still they fall upon the ear
God is love, God is love, ev'ry heart repeats the strain,
God is love, saying, God is love, waft its echoes o'er the plain. [Chorus]
3 This we know, this we know, wheresoever we may move,
Sweet and low, sweet and low, comes the message, God is love;
To and fro, sweet and low, we may hear its echoes fall,
God is love, saying, God is love, and his care is over all. [Chorus]
Source: The Voice of Praise: a compilation of the very best sacred songs for use in Sunday Schools and praise services #103
Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >
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