Hymn: The Love of God

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07
Jan '23

Hymn: The Love of God

Posted on Jan 7, 2023 by Ken Durham in Devotions, General |

07
Jan '23

Seize the Moment – Day 1026

Today’s hymn focus will be

The Love of God

Hymn 128
 

1 John 4:9  (NASB95)

 

“By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.”        

 

Written in 1917 by Frederick M. Lehman, the song was inspired after attending a church service where he had heard a powerful sermon on the love of God. Facing challenging times after his business had failed, he was working on a farm boxing oranges and lemons. During one of his breaks, he sat down on a crate and wrote these words on a scrap piece of paper. The last stanza was inspired by a poem found in a prison cell, but actually turned out to written by a Jewish poet in 1050 A.D.

 

            O love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong!

            It shall forevermore endure, the saints’ and angels’ song.

 

We need to wake up and realize that God has a purpose for each and every one of us. He used a broken man that was inspired by a sermon to write a song that inspired others for generations to come. That man was reminded of a poem that he had heard about written on a prison wall by an inmate. That inmate wrote a poem from a forgotten Jewish poet. But they all carried the same message…God’s love is the same yesterday, today and forever and available for all who seek it!
 

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The Love of God

1
The love of God is greater far
than tongue or pen can ever tell;
it goes beyond the highest star,
and reaches to the lowest hell.
The wand’ring child is reconciled
by God’s beloved Son.
The aching soul again made whole,
and priceless pardon won.
 
Refrain:
O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure—
the saints’ and angels’ song.
 
2
When ancient time shall pass away,
and human thrones and kingdoms fall;
when those who here refuse to pray
on rocks and hills and mountains call;
God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
all measureless and strong;
grace will resound the whole earth round—
the saints’ and angels’ song. [Refrain]
 
3
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
and were the skies of parchment made;
were ev’ry stalk on earth a quill,
and ev’ryone a scribe by trade;
to write the love of God above
would drain the ocean dry;
nor could the scroll contain the whole,
though stretched from sky to sky. [Refrain]
 

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