John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Frederick Lehman tells us that the English rendition of verse three included in his song had reportedly “been found penciled on the wall of a patient’s room in an insane asylum after he had been carried to his grave.”
The Love of God
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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.
CHORUS:
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure! — How measureless and strong! — It shall forevermore endure — The saints’ and angels’ song.
When hoary 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.
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.
Frederick M. Lehman 1917
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