Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#297

297. 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 His brightness streameth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

4 He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God is Love: His mercy brightens
• Author: John Bowring (1825. a)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: STUTTGART
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7
• Key: G Major
• Source: Adapted from a Melody in Ludwig and Witt's Psalmodia Sacra, Gotha, 1715
• Notes: Now Public Domain.