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79- O Love of God, How Strong and True!

God the Father: Love of God

1

  • O love of God, how strong and true!
  • Eternal, and yet ever new;
  • Uncomprehended and unbought,
  • Beyond all knowledge and all thought.

2

  • O love of God, how deep and great,
  • Far deeper than man's deepest hate;
  • Self-fed, self-kindled like the light,
  • Changeless, eternal, infinite.

3

  • We read thee best in Him who came
  • To bear for us the cross of shame;
  • Sent by the Father from on high,
  • Our life to live, our death to die.

4

  • We read thy power to bless and save,
  • E'en in the darkness of the grave;
  • Still more in resurrection light
  • We read the fullness of thy might.

5

  • O love of God, our shield and stay
  • Through all the perils of our way!
  • Eternal love, in thee we rest,
  • Forever safe, forever blest.