There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

Verse 1
There’s a wide­ness in God’s mer­cy,
Like the wide­ness of the sea; (Ps. 103:11-12, Mic. 7:18-19)
There’s a kind­ness in His jus­tice,
Which is more than li­ber­ty.

Verse 2
There is no place where earth’s sor­rows
Are more felt than up in Heav­en; (Heb. 4:15, Isa. 63:9)
There is no place where earth’s fail­ings
Have such kind­ly judg­ment giv­en. (Ps. 103:13-14)

Verse 3
There is wel­come for the sin­ner, (Luke 15:2, Luke 15:20, I Tim. 1:15)
And more grac­es for the good;
There is mer­cy with the Sav­ior; (Ps. 130:7)
There is heal­ing in His blood. (Isa. 53:5, I Pet. 2:24)

Verse 4
There is grace enough for thou­sands
Of new worlds as great as this;
There is room for fresh cre­ations
In that up­per home of bliss. (John 14:2-3)

Verse 5
For the love of God is broad­er
Than the mea­sure of our mind; (Eph. 3:18-19)
And the heart of the Eter­nal
Is most won­der­ful­ly kind. (Ps. 117:2, Tit. 3:4-5)

Verse 6
There is plen­ti­ful re­demp­tion (Ps. 130:7)
In the blood that has been shed; (Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14, Heb. 9:12, Heb. 9:22)
There is joy for all the mem­bers
In the sor­rows of the Head. (Col. 1:18, Eph. 1:22-23, I Pet. 4:13)

Verse 7
’Tis not all we owe to Je­sus;
It is some­thing more than all;
Greater good be­cause of ev­il,
Larger mer­cy through the fall.

Verse 8
If our love were but more sim­ple,
We should take Him at His word;
And our lives would be all sun­shine
In the sweet­ness of our Lord.

Verse 9
Souls of men! why will ye scat­ter
Like a crowd of fright­ened sheep? (Isa. 53:6, I Pet. 2:25, Matt. 9:36)
Foolish hearts! why will ye wan­der
From a love so true and deep? (Eph. 3:18-19)

Verse 10
It is God: His love looks migh­ty,
But is migh­ti­er than it seems;
’Tis our Fa­ther: and His fond­ness
Goes far out be­yond our dreams.

Verse 11
But we make His love too nar­row
By false lim­its of our own;
And we mag­ni­fy His strict­ness
With a zeal He will not own.

Verse 12
Was there ev­er kind­er shep­herd
Half so gen­tle, half so sweet, (Isa. 40:11, Ps. 23:1, John 10:11, John 10:14)
As the Sav­ior who would have us
Come and ga­ther at His feet? (Luke 10:39)