Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Love of God all love excelling
Topic: Joy/Of Christians
Writer: W Moore
Composer: S Pond
Meter: 8s 7s and 4
Tune: Siberia
Hymn Number: 523
Page Number: 183, 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 pow'rs of hell;
O 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 souls from death's alarms;
O what sweetness
Dwells within its blissful charms!
Love of God, all love possessing!
Filling all our souls with joy;
Pouring on each heart a blessing
Which no time can e'er destroy;
Now may praises
All our hearts and tongues employ.