Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Infinite unexhausted love
Topic: Love and Union
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 132
Page Number: 119, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsInfinite, unexhausted love!
Jesus and love are one;
If still to me thy bowels move,
They are restrain'd to none.
What shall I do, my God to love?
My loving God to praise;
The length, & breadth, and height to prove,
And depth of sov'reign grace?
Thy sov'reign grace to all extends,
Immense and unconfin'd;
From age to age it never ends,
It reaches all mankind.
Throughout the world its breadth is known,
Wide as infinity;
So wide it never pass'd by one,
Or it had pass'd by me.
My trespass was grown up to heav'n,
But far above the skies,
In Christ abundantly forgiv'n;
I see thy mercies rise.
The depth of all redeeming love
What angel tongue can tell?
O may I to the utmost prove
The gift unspeakable.
Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take
Possession of thine own,
My longing heart, vouchsafe to make
Thine everlasting throne.
Assert thy claim, maintain thy right,
Come quickly from above,
And sink me to perfection's height,
The depth of humble love.