Sunday's Hymn

A hymn sung at Riverdale Baptist Church in Whitehorse Yukon this morning:

The Love of God

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.

Refrain

O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song.

When years of time shall pass away,
And earthly thrones and 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.

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.

—Fred­er­ick M. Leh­man (Listen)

 Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Ninth Sunday after Trinity at Magic Statistics
  
• From All That Dwell at Hiraeth
  
• Whate’er My God Ordains is Right at Seasoning of the Heart
• Like a River Glorious at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 29, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• When Langour and Disease Invade at joythruChrist
• Man of Sorrows at Practicing Theology
• The Comforter Has Come at Conjubilant with Song
• Behold Th’amazing Gift of Love at Whatever Things…
• Out in the Sunshine at The Happy Wonderer
• To God Be the Glory at Driveway Blogger
  

Have you posted a hymn today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.

Update on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:56AM by rebecca

Kim from Hiraeth has added another of the hymns she sang in church this morning because it is such a moving one: Ah, Holy Jesus.