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GOD THE FATHER SDA HYMNAL (1985)

SDAH 079: O Love of God, How Strong and True!

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SDAH 79

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

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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 cam
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.

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Reference
(a) Jer 31:3; Eph 3:19 (c) John 3:16

Author
Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)

Year Published
1861

Hymn Tune
OMBERSLEY

Metrical Number
L.M.

Composer
William H. Gladstone (1840-1891)

Year Composed
1872

Theme
LOVE OF GOD

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