Together in Song ‎#139

139. O love of God, how strong and true

1 O love of God, how strong and true,
eternal and yet ever new,
uncomprehended and unbought,
beyond all knowledge and all thought!

2 O wide-embracing, wondrous love,
We read you in the sky above,
we read you in the earth below,
in seas that swell and streams that flow.

3 We read you best in him who came
to bear for us the cross of shame,
sent by the Father from on high,
our life to live, our death to die.

4 We read your power to bless and save
ev'n in the darkness of the grave;
still more in resurrection light
we read the fullness of your might.

5 O love of God, our shield and stay
through all the perils of our way;
eternal love, in you we rest,
for ever safe, for ever blest.

Text Information

• First Line: O love of God, how strong and true
• Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-89
• Meter: 88.88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 John 4:9-12
  ;
  Ephesians 3:14-17
  ;
  Ephesians 3:18-19
  ;
  Jeremiah 31:3
  ;
  Lamentations 3:19-26
  ;
  Psalm 33:5-22
  ;
  Psalm 84
  ;
  Romans 5:6-11
  ;
  Romans 11:33-36
• Topic: Confidence; Creation; Faith; Forgiveness; Grace; Mystery of God's Love; Pilgrimage; Providence; Revelation
• Notes: May be sung to GONFALON ROYAL 405

Tune Information

• Name: BOW BRICKHILL
• Composer: Sydney Hugo Nicholson, 1875-1947
• Meter: 88.88
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Music by permission of Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd.