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THE LOVE OF GOD (Keeling)

Scripture Verse

God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Introduction

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Barney E. Warren
(1867–1951)

Words: George P. Keel­ing, in Songs of the Ev­en­ing Light, ed­it­ed by Bar­ney War­ren & An­drew L. By­ers (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet Com­pa­ny, 1897), num­ber 19.

Music: Bar­ney E. War­ren, 1897 (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

The love of God flows deep and wide
Thro’ Christ who bled for us and died;
Its wid­en­ing stretch we can­not see,
It reach­es far beyond the sea.

Refrain

Oh love, oh, love, oh, love of God so free;
He proved His love for you and me
Upon dark Cal­va­ry.

Tho’ men have gone in sin so deep
That hell would blush and an­gels weep,
Yet, God so loved each guil­ty one
He gave for them His on­ly Son.

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The heart that is so hard in sin
That this great love can nev­er win,
Is tru­ly fit for no­thing less
Than end­less hell and wretch­ed­ness.

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But tho’ your sins be black and deep,
And aw­ful dark­ness ’round you creep,
Yet, God so loves your guil­ty soul,
He’ll save you from all hell’s con­trol.

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