Singing the Living Tradition ‎#213

213. There's a Wideness in Your Mercy

1 There’s a wideness in your mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there’s a kindness in your justice
which is more than liberty.

2 But we make your love too narrow
by false limits of our own,
and we magnify your strictness
with a zeal you will not own.

3 For the love of God is broader
than the measures of our minds
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.

Text Information

• First Line: There's a wideness in your mercy
• Title: There's a Wideness in Your Mercy
• Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 (alt.)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Jewish and Christian Teachings: Worship; Compassion; Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Tune Information

• Name: CHARLESTON
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.
• Key: D Major
• Source: Amos Pillsbury's United States' Sacred Harmony, 1799