Love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
Song of Solomon 8:6
Words: Frank E. Graeff, in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Combined), edited by J. Lincoln Hall, C. Austin Miles & Harold Lowden (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack, 1909), number 319.
Music: Carl H. Lowden (🔊 pdf nwc).
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Before a cross uplifted high,
I stood alone one day;
My soul was burdened with a guilt
No tears could wash away.
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Love, mighty and wonderful,
Love, boundless and free,
Love that suffered upon the cross,
The love that died for me.
In grief and pain I wept aloud,
In helpless agony;
When from the cross I heard One speak,
I gave My life for thee.
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That voice, so sweet, entranced my soul,
It gave me hope and cheer;
Tho’ trembling, I drew near the cross,
For I had naught to fear.
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And there upon that cruel cross
My Savior died that day;
I looked, believed, and from my soul,
The burden rolled away.
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