Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#334

334. Hail, boundless love, that first began

1 Hail, boundless love, that first began
The scheme to rescue fallen man!
Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace,
That gave my soul a hiding-place.

2 Against the God that rules the sky
I fought with hands uplifted high;
Despis'd his rich, abounding grace,
Too proud to seek a hiding-place.

3 But thus th'eternal counsel ran,
"Almighty love arrest that man;"
I felt the arrows of distress,
And found I had no hiding-place.

4 Indignant justice stood in view,
To Sinai's fiery mount I flew;
But justice cry'd with frowning face,
"This mountain is no hiding-place."

Text Information

• First Line: Hail, boundless love, that first began
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 32:2
• Topic: Hiding Place; Salvation through Jesus Christ: Addresses to Christ and gratitude for redeeming love
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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