The Celebration Hymnal

157

The Love of God

1 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!  

2 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]  

3 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,  
Tho' stretched from sky to sky. [Refrain]

WORDS: Frederick M. Lehman
MUSIC: Frederick M. Lehman
Theme: Worship the Lord; Adoration and Praise: God Our Father