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GOD’S BOUNDLESS LOVE

Scripture Verse

He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Psalm 121:3

Introduction

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Maltbie D. Babcock
(1858–1901)

Words: Malt­bie D. Bab­cock, Thoughts for Ev­ery-Day Liv­ing (New York: Charles Scrib­ner’s Sons, 1901), pag­es 177–78.

Music: Win­ches­ter New Mu­sik­al­isch­es Hand­buch (Ham­burg, Ger­ma­ny: 1690). Har­mo­ny by Will­iam H. Monk, 1847, alt. (🔊 ).

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William Monk (1823–1889)

Lyrics

God’s bound­less love! As arch­ing sky
Above us when we wake and sleep,
Above us when we smile and weep,
Above us when we live and die.

God’s tire­less love! Be­side the cot
Of her sick child the mo­ther sleeps.
Our heav­en­ly Fa­ther ev­er keeps
Unweary watch—and slum­bers not.

God’s change­less love! The wan­d’ring one
Forsakes, for­gets, dis­hon­ors; yet,
Repenting, go­ing home, is met
With no re­proach—Wel­come, My son!

God’s migh­ty love! On Cal­va­ry’s height,
Suffering to save us from our sin,
To bring God’s wide do­min­ion in,
And fill our lives with joy and light.

God’s end­less love! What will it be
When earth­ly sha­dows flee away,
For all eter­ni­ty’s bright day
Th’un­fold­ing of that love to see!