103. God is Love

1 Sweet and low, sweet and low, comes a song at eventide,
Sweet and low, sweet and low, tones in gentle cadence glide;
Soft and low, soft and low, as the dews of ev'ning fall,
"God is love," saying "God is love," and his care is over all.

Chorus:
Love, love, love that passeth understanding, From our God is giv'n,
Love, love, love surpassing any other, born for us in heav'n;
Love, love, ev'ry heart rejoices as the burdens from us fall,
God is love, saying, God is love, and his care is over all.

2 To and fro, to and fro, still the gentle tones we hear,
Sweet and low, sweet and low, still they fall upon the ear
God is love, God is love, ev'ry heart repeats the strain,
God is love, saying, God is love, waft its echoes o'er the plain. [Chorus]

3 This we know, this we know, wheresoever we may move,
Sweet and low, sweet and low, comes the message, God is love;
To and fro, sweet and low, we may hear its echoes fall,
God is love, saying, God is love, and his care is over all. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Sweet and low, sweet and low, comes a song at eventide
Title: God is Love
Author: A. A. Payn
Refrain First Line: Love, love, love that passeth understanding
Publication Date: 1904
Tune Information
Name: [Sweet and low, sweet and low, comes a song at eventide]
Composer: J. Lincoln Hall
Key: D Major



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