80. God is love; His mercy brightens

1 God is Love; His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

2 Chance and change are busy ever;
Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the mist His brightness streameth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

4 He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth:
God is Wisdom, God is Love.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: God is love; His mercy brightens
Author: John Bowring (1792-1872)
Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: God the Father: His Love and Fatherhood; Comfort; God: Love and Fatherhood, His (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SUSSEX
Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7.
Key: G Major
Copyright: Tune from "The English Hymnal." Used by permission of the Oxford University Press.



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