The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#115

115. 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 Chance and change are busy ever,
man decays, and ages move;
but His mercy waning never:
God is wisdom, God is love.

3 Even the hour that darkest seeming,
will His changeless goodness prove;
from the mist His brightness streaming:
God is wisdom, God is love.

4 He with earthly cares entwining
hope and comfort from above;
everywhere His glory shining:
God is wisdom, God is love.

Text Information

• First Line: God is love, His mercy brightens
• Author: John Bowring, 1792-1872
• Refrain First Line: God is wisdom, God is love
• Meter: 87 8 and Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Topic: God Through the Years: His Providence

Tune Information

• Name: SUSSEX
• Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 87 8 and Refrain
• Key: G Major
• Source: English Traditional Melody; Arr.: English Hymnal 1906
• Copyright: Arr. by permission of Oxford University Press