11154. Love For All!

1 Love for all! and can it be?
Can I hope it is for me?
I, who strayed so long ago,
Strayed so far, and fell so low!

2 I, the disobedient child,
Wayward, passionate, and wild;
I, who left my Father’s home
In forbidden ways to roam!

3 I, who spurned His loving hold,
I, who would not be controlled;
I, who would not hear His call,
I, the willful prodigal!

4 I, who wasted and misspent
Every talent He had lent;
I, who sinned again, again,
Giving every passion reign!

5 To my Father can I go?
At His feet myself I’ll throw,
In His house there yet may be
Place, a servant’s place, for me.

6 See, my Father waiting stands;
See, He reaches out His hands;
God is love! I know, I see
There is love for me—even me!

Text Information
First Line: Love for all! and can it be?
Title: Love For All!
Author: Samuel Longfellow
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Hymns of the Spirit (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HORTON
Composer: Franz Xaver Schneider Von Wartensee (1826)
Meter: 77.77
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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