The Love of God

Frederick Martin Lehman, 1917 Claudia Lehman Mays

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1. The love of God is great - er far Than tongue or pen can ev - er
2. When years of time shall pass a - way, And earth - ly thrones and king - doms
3. Could we with
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tell; It goes be - yond the high - est star, And reach - es to the low - est hell; The guilt - y
fall, When men, who here re - fuse to pray, On rocks and hills and mount - ains call, Gods love so

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made, Were ev - ery stalk on earth a quill, And eve - ry man a scribe by trade, To write the
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pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win; His err - ing child He re - con-
sure, shall still en - dure, All mea - sure - less and strong; Re - deem - ing grace to A - dams
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love of God a - bove, Would drain the o - cean dry. Nor could the scroll con - tain the
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Refrain
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- ciled, And par - doned from his sin.
race The saints and an - gels song. O love of God, how rich and pure! How mea - sure-

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whole, Though stretched from sky to sky.

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- less and strong! It shall for - ev-er-more en - dure The saints and an - gels song.

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