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O love how deep, how broad, how high!
Author: Benjamin Webb, 1819-85; Thomas à Kempis, 1379-1471 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 139 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:18-19 Lyrics: 1 O love how deep, how broad, how high!
it fills the heart with ecstasy
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals’ sake.
2 He sent no angel to our race
of higher or of lower place
but wore the robe of human frame
himself, and to this lost world came.
3 For us he was baptized, and bore
his holy fast, and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharp he knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.
4 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.
5 For us to wicked hands betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us at length gave up his breath.
6 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.
7 To him whose boundless love has won
salvation for us through his Son,
to God the Father, glory be
both now and through eternity. Topics: God's Love to Us; Jesus Christ Baptism; Jesus Christ Earthly life; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Priesthood and Intercession; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Redemption; Satan; Temptation; The Gospel Used With Tune: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
O love how deep, how broad, how high!
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!
Author: Samuel Trevor Francis, 1834-1925 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:19 First Line: O the deep, deep love of Jesus Lyrics: 1 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free;
rolling as a mighty ocean
in its fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me,
is the current of thy love;
leading onward, leading homeward,
to thy glorious rest above.
2 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Spread his praise from shore to shore;
how he loveth, ever loveth,
changeth never, nevermore;
how he watches o'er his loved ones,
died to call them all his own;
how for them he intercedeth,
watcheth o'er them from the throne.
3 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Love of ev'ry love the best:
'tis an ocean vast of blessing,
'tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
'tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me;
and it lifts me up to glory,
for it lifts me up to thee.
Topics: The Way of Salvation Sanctification; Christ Love and Grace of Used With Tune: EBENEZER (OR TON-Y-BOTEL)
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!
O little town of Bethlehem
Author: Phillips Brooks, 1835-1893 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 844 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:17 Lyrics: 1 O little town of Bethlehem,
how still we see thee lie!
above thy deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by:
yet in thy dark streets shineth
the everlasting Light;
the hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.
2 O morning stars, together
proclaim the holy birth,
and praises sing to God the King,
and peace to men on earth.
For Christ is born of Mary;
and, gathered all above,
while mortals sleep, the angels keep
their watch of wondering love.
3 How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is given!
so God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming;
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him, still
the dear Christ enters in.
4 O holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;
cast out our sin, and enter in:
be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels,
the great glad tidings tell:
O come to us, abide with us,
our Lord Emmanuel. Topics: Christmas; Chirstimas Midnight Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN
O little town of Bethlehem
O love divine, how sweet thou art!
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 379 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21 Lyrics: 1 O love divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my longing heart
all taken up by thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
the greatness of redeeming love,
the love of Christ to me.
2 Stronger his love than death or hell;
its riches are unsearchable:
the first-born sons of light
desire in vain its depth to see;
they cannot reach the mystery,
the length and breadth and height.
3 God only knows the love of God;
O that it now were shed abroad
in this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
this only portion, Lord, be mine,
be mine this better part.
4 For ever would I take my seat
with Mary at the Master's feet:
be this my happy choice;
my only care, delight, and bliss,
my joy, my heaven on earth, be this,
to hear the Bridegroom's voice!
5 Thy only love do I require,
nothing on earth beneath desire,
nothing in heaven above:
let earth and heaven, and all things go,
give me thine only love to know,
give me thine only love. Topics: God in mystery; God Love of; Jesus Names and images for; Longing; Love for God; Proper 11 Year C Used With Tune: CORNWALL
O love divine, how sweet thou art!
O love of God, how strong and true!
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 110 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:17-19 Lyrics: 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 love of God, how deep and great!
Far deeper than man's deepest hate;
Self-fed, self-kindled like the light,
Changeless, eternal, infinite.
3 O heav'nly love, how precious still,
In days of weariness and ill,
In nights of pain and helplessness,
To heal, to comfort, and to bless!
4 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.
5 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.
6 We read thy pow'r to bless and save,
E'en in the darkness of the grave;
Still more in resurrection light
We read the fulness of thy might.
7 O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love, in thee we rest,
For ever safe, for ever blest.
Amen. Topics: Christ Substitute; God Divine Perfections of; God Glory of; God Incomprehensibility of; God Infinity; God Love and Grace of; God in Nature; Preparatory Service; Union with Christ Used With Tune: BROOKFIELD
O love of God, how strong and true!
Our Father, by Whose Name
Author: F. Bland Tucker, 1895-1984 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.8 Appears in 40 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:15 Topics: Ordinary Time 27, Year B; Trinity Sunday; Family Life; Love for Others; Petition; Unity Used With Tune: RHOSYMEDRE
Our Father, by Whose Name
O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth
Author: Samuel Medley Meter: 8.8.6 D with repeat Appears in 740 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:8 Lyrics: 1 O could I speak the matchless worth,
O could I sound the glories forth
Which in my Savior shine,
I'd sing His glorious righteousness,
And magnify the wondrous grace
Which made salvation mine,
Which made salvation mine.
2 I'd sing the precious blood He spilt,
My ransom from the dreadful guilt
Of sin and wrath divine;
I'd sing His glorious righteousness,
In which all perfect, heavenly dress
My soul shall ever shine,
My soul shall ever shine.
3 I'd sing the characters He bears,
And all the forms of love He wears,
Exalted on His throne:
In loftiest songs of sweetest praise,
I would to everlasting days
Make all His glories known,
Make all His glories known.
4 Soon, the delightful day will come
When my dear Lord will bring me home,
And I shall see His face;
Then with my Savior, Brother, Friend,
A blest eternity I'll spend,
Triumphant in His grace,
Triumphant in His grace.
Amen. Used With Tune: ARIEL
O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
Author: George Matheson Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Appears in 676 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:17-19 Lyrics: 1 O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.
2 O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.
3 O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain
that morn shall tearless be.
4 O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be. Topics: Commitment; Eternal Life; Joy; Light; Living and Dying in Christ; Love of God for Us Used With Tune: ST. MARGARET
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
O God, We Kneel before Your Throne (Oh Dios, postrados en tu altar)
Author: Ruth van Baak Griffoen, b. 1958; Gerardo Oberman, b. 1965 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21 Refrain First Line: How wide, how long, how high, how deep is the love of Christ! (¡Es ancho, largo, hondo y alto de Cristo el amor!) Topics: Adoración; Adoration; Amor; Love; Amor de Jesucristo; Love of Jesus Christ; Assurance of Pardon; Garantía del Perdón; Entrega; Surrender; Trinidad; Trinity Used With Tune: KNOLLCREST FARM
O God, We Kneel before Your Throne (Oh Dios, postrados en tu altar)
O Perfect Love
Author: Dorothy F. Gurney, 1858-1932 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 236 hymnals Scripture: Ephesians 3:20 First Line: O perfect Love, all human thought transcending Lyrics: 1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
lowly we kneel in prayer before your throne,
that theirs may be the love which knows no ending,
whom you forevermore unite in one.
2 O perfect Life, be now their full assurance
of tender charity and steadfast faith,
of patient hope and quiet, brave endurance,
with childlike trust that fears no pain or death.
3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,
and to life's day the glorious unknown morrow
that dawns upon eternal love and life.
Topics: Family & Relationships Used With Tune: O PERFECT LOVE
O Perfect Love
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