God is love.
1 John 4:8
Words: Elizabeth Benians (1852–1928).
Music: Penarth Samuel F. Deyes, in the Methodist Hymn and Tune Book (Toronto, Canada: Methodist Book & Publishing House, 1917), number 602 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Benians or Deyes (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
God is kind; He made the flowers:
God is love, God is love;
Sends the sunshine, sends the showers
From above, from above.
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God loves all things, He loves me;
Little ones His face shall see.
God is good; He watches me
Night and day, night and day;
Keeps me safe, and guards my steps
All the way, all the way.
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God is great; His eye can see
Everywhere, everywhere;
Dark can never hide from Him;
He is there, He is there.
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God is love, He gave His Son
Once to die, once to die;
So that we might live in Heaven
By and by, by and by.
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