LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7
| | Writer(s): | Frederick William Faber
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| | Dates: | 1854
| | Bible Refs: | Lk 1:50
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 419
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 48
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 9
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 298
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 606
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 598
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 683
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 230
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
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| 68
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 662
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 501
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 461
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 298
| Sing Glory
| 1999
| 188
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 375
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 666
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 499
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 76
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 240
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 304
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 136
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 121
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MUSIC
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 270
| No key
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 647
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| 1. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy,
Like the wideness of the sea;
There’s a kindness in His justice,
Which is more than liberty.
2. There is no place
where earth’s sorrows
Are more felt than up in heaven;
There is no place
where earth’s failings
Have such kindly judgment given.
3. There is welcome for the sinner,
And more graces for the good;
There is mercy with the Savior;
There is healing in His blood.
4. There is grace enough
for thousands
Of new worlds as great as this;
There is room for fresh creations
In that upper home of bliss.
5. For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of our mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
6. There is plentiful redemption
In the blood that has been shed;
There is joy for all the members
In the sorrows of the Head.
7. ’Tis not all we owe to Jesus;
It is something more than all;
Greater good because of evil,
Larger mercy through the fall.
8. If our love were but more simple,
We should take Him at His word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord.
9. Souls of men! why will ye scatter
Like a crowd of frightened sheep?
Foolish hearts! why will ye wander
From a love so true and deep?
10. It is God: His love looks mighty,
But is mightier than it seems;
’Tis our Father: and His fondness
Goes far out beyond our dreams.
11. But we make His love too narrow
By false limits of our own;
And we magnify His strictness
With a zeal He will not own.
12. Was there ever kinder shepherd
Half so gentle, half so sweet,
As the Savior who would have us
Come and gather at His feet?
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