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%OHSCRIP Rom 8:35-39, Jn 3:16, Jer 31:2-3, 2Thess 2:16-17, Rev 6:15-17, 1:5
%OHTOPICS {Atonement}, {Children (see also God's Children - the Faithful) [1]}, {God, Eternity of [2]}, {God, Love of}, {God, Mercy of}, {Grace}, {Love}, {Praise, Father}, {Praise, Son}, {Salvation}
%OHCATEGORY PRAISE
%OHMETRICAL 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 8 6
%OHCOMPLEXITY 3
%OHCOMPOSER Lehman, Frederick Martin (1868-1953)
%OHARRANGER Mays, Claudia Lehman (1892-1973)
%OHAUTHOR Lehman, Frederick Martin (1868-1953)
%OHTRANSLATOR none
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T: The Love of God
C: Words: Frederick Martin Lehman, 1917.
C: Music: 'The Love of God' Frederick Martin Lehman, 1917.  Setting: Claudia Lehman Mays, 1917.
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2014 Revision.
S: Music and Lyrics source: Hymns of Faith, 1980, hymn 286 denoted copyright 1917, thus expired.   ABC file contributed to the Open Hymnal by Tobin Strong, 10 Jan 2014.
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w: 1.~The love of God is great- er far * Than tongue or pen can ev- er tell, 
w: 2.~When hoar- y time shall pass a- way, * And earth- ly thrones and king- doms fall; 
w: 3.~Could we with ink the o- cean fill,* And were the skies of parch- ment made, 
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w: It goes be- yond the high- est star, * And reach- es to the low- est hell; 
w: When men who here re- fuse to pray, * On rocks and hills and moun- tains call; 
w: Were ev- ery stalk on earth a quill * And ev- ery man a scribe by trade; 
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w: The guilt- y pair, bowed down with care, * God gave His Son * to win; 
w: God's love, so sure, shall still en- dure, * All meas- ure- less * and strong; 
w: To write the love of God a- bove * Would drain the o- * cean dry; 
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w: His err- ing child, He rec- on- ciled, * And par- doned from * his sin. 
w: Re- deem- ing grace to Ad- am's race\- * The saints' and an- * gels' song. 
w: Nor could the scroll con- tain the whole, * Tho' stretched from sky * to sky. 
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w: Oh love of God, how rich and pure! * How meas- ure- less * and strong! 
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w: It shall for- ev- er- more en- dure, * The saints' and an- * gels' song. 
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