The Love of God

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The love of God is a sea

Author: Anna Beeman
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 The love of God is a sea,
A sea without a shore,
He dy'd for sinners such as we,
Praise him forevermore.

2 This sweet eternal love,
O what a glorious theme,
The saints can sound those notes above,
And we can faintly dream.

3 The blessed fountain love,
That sweet and endless stream,
The saints and angels now above,
Are now a swimming in.

4 We taste a drop below,
It fills our souls with bliss,
We pant and long, and wish to know,
The full extent of this.

5 Our souls would gladly swim,
In this eternal sea,
Yes, drink and draw those comforts in,
To one eternal day.

6 But O the time will come
That we shall reach the shore,
This happy sea will be our home,
Praise God forevermore.

Source: Hymns on Various Subjects #20

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Author: Anna Beeman

Anna Keeney Beeman born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. She was the among the first female Baptist hymn writers in America. She believed strongly in baptism by immersion. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Children and Grandchildren of Thomas Beeman" (on RootsWeb, accessed 11/8/2020) and I Will Sing the Wondrous Story: a history of Baptist hymnody in North America by David W. Music and Paul Akers Richardson (Mercer University Press, Macon, GA: 2008) Go to person page >

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