SDA Hymnal 79
O Love of God, How Strong and True!
Words: Horatius BonarMusic: John Bacchus DykesTune: Rutherford7.6.7.6.D
1O love of God, how strong and true!
Eternal, and yet ever new;
Uncomprehended and unbought,
Beyond all knowledge and all thought.
2O love of God, how deep and great!
Far deeper than man's deepest hate;
Self-fed, self-kindled like the light,
Changeless, eternal, infinite.
3We read thee best in Him who came
To bear for us the cross of shame;
Sent by the Father from on high,
Our life to live, our death to die.
4We read thy power to bless and save
E'en in the darkness of the grave;
Still more in resurrection light
We read the fullness of thy might.
5O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love, in thee we rest
Forever safe, forever blest.
- Words
- Horatius Bonar
- Music
- John Bacchus Dykes
- Tune
- Rutherford
- Meter
- 7.6.7.6.D
The verse
- Meter
- 8.8.8.8 · the hymnal prints 7.6.7.6.D
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 47% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABB
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