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Hymn: God is love his mercy brightens (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: God is love his mercy brightens

Topic: God in Providence

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: I Woodbury

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune: Dorrnance

Hymn Number: 55

Page Number: 023, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

God is love; his mercy brightens

All the path in which we move!

Bliss he grants, and woe he lightens;

God is light, and God is love.



Chance and change are busy ever;

Worlds decay and ages move;

But his mercy waneth never;

God is light, and God is love.



E'en the hour that darkest seemeth,

His unchanging goodness proves;

From the cloud his brightness streameth;

God is light, and God is love.



He our earthly cares entwineth

With his comforts from above:

Every-where his glory shineth;

God is light, and God is love.