Wideness in God’s Mercy

We will reflect this week in worship on how we might root our lives more deeply in Grace.  We’ll sing together one of the historic hymns of our church, There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy.

Here are the lyrics to the three verses we’ll be singing:

United Methodist Hymnal #121

Words by Frederick W. Faber, 1854

Music by Lizzie S. Tourjee, 1877

There’s a wideness in God’s mercy

like the wideness of the sea;

there’s a kindness in God’s justice,

which is more than liberty.

For the love of God is broader

than the measure of our mind;

and the heart of the Eternal

is most wonderfully kind.

If our love were but more simple,

we should rest upon God’s word;

and our lives would be illumined

by the presence of our Lord.