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Verse 1
The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell; (Eph. 3:18-19)
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell; (Ps. 139:7-8, Rom. 8:38-39)
The guilty pair, bowed down with care, (Gen. 3:6-8)
God gave His Son to win; (John 3:16)
His erring child He reconciled, (Luke 15:20-24, Rom. 5:10-11, II Cor. 5:18-19, Col. 1:21-22)
And pardoned from his sin. (Eph. 1:7, Ex. 34:9, Num. 14:19, I Sam. 15:25, Ps. 25:11, Isa. 40:2, Jer. 33:8, Mic. 7:18)
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O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong! (Eph. 3:18-19)
It shall forevermore endure (Rom. 8:38-39, Jer. 31:3)
The saints’ and angels’ song.
Verse 2
When years of time shall pass away, (Rev. 10:6)
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall, (Ps. 102:25-27, Dan. 2:44, Heb. 12:26-28, Rev. 11:15)
When men, who here refuse to pray,
On rocks and hills and mountains call, (Rev. 6:15-16, Hosea 10:8, Luke 23:30)
God’s love so sure, shall still endure, (Rom. 8:38-39, Jer. 31:3)
All measureless and strong; (Eph. 3:18-19)
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race— (Rom. 5:15-19, I Cor. 15:22)
The saints’ and angels’ song.
Verse 3
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky. (John 21:25, Ps. 40:5, Ps. 139:17-18)