On the Love of God

The love of God that boundless sea

Author: Anna Beeman
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 The love of God that boundless sea,
That sweet eternal chain,
Unites the blest eternal three,
To us poor dying men.

2 Without beginning, without end,
We find the love of God;
When we were rebels, here's the friend,
That bought us with his blood.

3 The richest grace, the sweetest love,
Our God our heavenly King,
Leaves all his majesty above,
To wear our guilt and sin.

4 Self-moving goodness, O the theme,
This precious sea of love,
The saints are now a swimming in,
In the bright world above.

5 It fills our souls with wonder here
To contemplate the theme;
What will it be when we appear,
And see as we are seen.

6 Come stretch your wings ye saints below;
Come reach for things above;
The more of God and heav'n we know,
The more our souls will love.

7 Oh how we long to reach the shore,
Where love forever reigns;
And bid farewell forever more,
To sin and satan's chains.

8 Then we begin the living song,
Grace, grace to it we cry;
Both the foundation and top stoe,
In grace cemented lie.

5 It fills our souls with wonder here
To contemplate the theme;
What will it be when we appear,
And see as we are seen.

Source: Hymns on Various Subjects #1

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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First Line: The love of God that boundless sea
Title: On the Love of God
Author: Anna Beeman
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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