65. THE LOVE OF GOD IS GREATER FAR

The love of God is greater far- Than tongue or pen can ever tell;-It goes beyond the highest star,- And reaches to the lowest hell;- The guilty pair, bowed down with care,- God gave His Son to win; His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.                                   Refrain

O love of God, how rich and pure!-How measureless and strong!-It shall forevermore endure-The saints’ and angels’ song.

When years of time shall pass away,-And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,-When men, who here refuse to pray,-On rocks and hills and mountains call, -God’s love so sure, shall still endure, -All measureless and strong; -Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—The saints’ and angels’ song.              Refrain

Could we with ink the ocean fill,-And were the skies of parchment made,-Were every stalk on earth a quill,-And every man a scribe by trade,-To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.-Nor could the scroll contain the whole,-Though stretched from sky to sky.                 Refrain

                               Fred­er­ick M. Leh­man; he wrote this song in 1917