Hymns for Youth ‎#85

85. O Love, How Deep

1. O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
How passing thought and fantasy,
That God, the Son of God, should take
Our mortal form for mortals' sake.

2. For us baptized, for us He bore
His holy fast, and hungered sore;
For us temptations sharp He knew;
For us the tempter overthrew.

3. For us He prayed, for us He taught,
For us His daily works He wrought
By words and signs and actions, thus
Still seeking not Himself, but us.

4. For us to wicked men betrayed,
Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
He bore the shameful cross and death;
For us gave up His dying breath.

5. For us He rose from death again,
For us he went on high to reign;
For us He sent His Spirit here
To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.

6. All glory to our Lord and God
For love so deep, so high, so broad;
The trinity whom we adore
Forever and forevermore.

Text Information

• First Line: O love, how deep, how broad, how high
• Title: O Love, How Deep
• Translator: Benjamin Webb, 1819-1885 (Altered)
• Meter: L M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1966
• Source: Latin, 15th century

Tune Information

• Name: DEO GRACIAS (AGINCOURT SONG)
• Meter: L M
• Incipit: 55454 43255 42121
• Key: c minor
• Source: "The Agincourt Song", 15th Century; The Hymnal, copyright 1933; altered 1958
• Copyright: Arrangment from The Hymnal, copyright 1933 by Presbyterian Board of Christian Education. Used with permission.