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The love of God is greater far
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| 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 guilty pair, bowed down with care, |
| | God gave His Son to win; |
| | His erring child He reconciled |
| | And pardoned from his sin. |
| | O love of God, how rich and pure! |
| | How measureless and strong! |
| | It shall forevermore endure |
| | The saints' and angels' song. |
| 2. | When hoary time shall pass away, |
| | And earthly kingdoms fall; |
| | When men who here refuse to pray, |
| | On rocks and hills and mountains call; |
| | God's love, so sure, shall still endure, |
| | All measureless and strong; |
| | Redeeming grace to Adam's race - |
| | The saints' and angels' song. |
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| 3. | Could we with ink the ocean fill, |
| | And were the skies of parchment made; |
| | Were every stalk on earth a quill, |
| | And every man 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 |