O Love of God How Strong and True - Lyrics

O love of God how strong and true
eternal and yet ever new
uncomprehended and unbought
beyond all knowledge and all thought


O love of God how deep and great
far deeper than man's deepest hate
self-fed self-kindled like the light
changeless eternal infinite


O heav'nly love how precious still
in days of weariness and ill
in nights of pain and helplessness
to heal to comfort and to bless


O wide-embracing wondrous love
We read you in the sky above
we read you in the earth below
in seas that swell and streams that flow


We read you best in him who came
bearing for us the cross of shame
sent by the Father from on high
our life to live our death to die


We read your pow'r to bless and save
e'en in the darkness of the grave
still more in resurrection light
we read the fullness of your might


O love of God our shield and stay
through all the perils of our way
Eternal love in you we rest
forever safe forever blest


We will exalt you God and King
and we will ever praise your name
we will extol you ev'ry day
and evermore your praise proclaim