Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#241

241. O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High!

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, by signs, and actions, thus
Still seeking not himself, but us.

5. For us to wickedness 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.

Text Information

• First Line: O love, how deep, how broad, how high!
• Title: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High!
• Latin Title: O amor quam ecstaticus
• Author (attributed to): Thomas à Kempis (15th cen.)
• Translator: Benjamin Webb (1855)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 3:17-19
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 12
• Notes: Latin text attributed to Thomas à Kempis, 15th cen., “O amor quam ecstaticus,” tr. by Benjamin Webb for The Hymnal Noted, Part 2 (1855), rev. as in Hymns Ancient & Modern (1861).

Tune Information

• Name: AGINCOURT
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Incipit: 11717 765
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: 15th Century English melody; Arr. Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised, 1950