79   O Love of God How Strong and True!




[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]
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.

[4]
We read thy power to bless and save
E en in the darkness of the grave;
Still more in resurrection light
We read the fullness of thy might.

[5]
O love of God our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love in thee we rest
Forever safe forever blest.