Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#171

171. God is love: His mercy brightens

1 God is love: His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

2 Time and change are busy ever,
Man decays and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never;
God is wisdom, God is love.

3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth,
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the gloom Him brightness streameth;
God is wisdom, God is love.

4 He with earthly care entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth;
God is wisdom, God is love.

Text Information

• First Line: God is love: His mercy brightens
• Author: Sir John Bowring, LL. D. (ca. 1825)
• Meter: 8s. 7s. No. 5
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: Works and Attributes of God; First Sunday after Trinity; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity; Quinquagesima; Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

Tune Information

• Name: TALMAR (Chester-Dorrnance)
• Composer: Isaac Beverly Woodbury (1848)
• Meter: 8s. 7s. No. 5
• Key: F Major