Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Love of God all love excelling
Topic: The Gospel Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s 7s and 4
Tune: Molucca
Hymn Number: 235
Page Number: 089, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLove of God, all love excelling!
How can I its wonders tell!
Now, my troubled spirit quelling,
Now, it breaks the powers of hell:
Oh what mercies
Start beneath its magic spell!
Love of God, all love embracing
In its wide-extended arms;
All our doubts and fears displacing,
Saves our soul from death's alamrs:
Oh wht sweetness
Dwells within its blissful charms!
Love of God, all love possessing!
Jilling alll our souls with joy;
Pouring on each heart a blessing
Which no time can e'er destry:
Now may praises
All our hearts and tongues employ.
Love of God, all love extending
Far o'er sea adn ocean strands;
Thou art on the breezes sending
Joyful news to distant lands:
May thy triumphs
Bind the world within thy bands.