79 O Love of God How Strong and True!
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O love of God how strong and true!
Eternal and yet ever new;
Uncomprehended and unbought
Beyond all knowledge and all thought.
O love of God how strong and true!
Eternal and yet ever new;
Uncomprehended and unbought
Beyond all knowledge and all thought.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.