The Love of God Frederick Lehman, 1917; v. 3 by Meir Ben Isaac Nehorai, 1050
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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The love of God is greater far
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Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
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It goes beyond the highest star,
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And reaches to the lowest hell;
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The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
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God gave His Son to win;
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His erring child He reconciled,
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And pardoned from his sin.
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[Verse 2]
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When hoary time shall pass away,
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And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
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When men who here refuse to pray,
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On rocks and hills and mountains call,
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God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
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All measureless and strong;
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Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
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The saints’ and angels’ song.
[Chorus]
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Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
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How measureless and strong!
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It shall forevermore endure—
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The saints’ and angels’ song.
[Verse 3]
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Could we with ink the ocean fill,
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And were the skies of parchment made,
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Were every stalk on earth a quill,
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And every man a scribe by trade;
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To write the love of God above
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Would drain the ocean dry;
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Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
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Though stretched from sky to sky.
[Chorus]
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Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
D G
How measureless and strong!
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It shall forevermore endure—
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The saints’ and angels’ song.
[Chorus]
C G
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
D G
How measureless and strong!
C
It shall forevermore endure—
D G
The saints’ and angels’ song.
