Psalter Hymnal (Red) ‎#341

341. 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 heavenly love, how precious still,
In days of weariness and ill,
In nights of pain and helplessness,
To heal, to comfort, and to bless!

3 O wide-embracing, wondrous love!
We read thee in the sky above,
We read thee in the earth below,
In seas that swell, and streams that flow.

4 We read thee 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.

5 We read thy power to bless and save,
E'en in the darkness of the grave;
Still more in resurrection-light
We read the fulness of thy might.

6 O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way;
Eternal love, in thee we rest,
Forever safe, forever blest.

Text Information

• First Line: O love of God, how strong and true
• Title: O Love of God, How Strong and True
• Author: Rev. Horatius Bonar (1861)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1934
• Topic: Cross of Christ; Love of Christ; Love Of God; Christ as Mediator; Name Of God; God in Nature; Resurrection Of The Body

Tune Information

• Name: LOUVAN
• Composer: Virgil C. Taylor (1847)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major