O love of God, how strong and true!
Eternal, and yet ever new;
Uncomprehended and unbought,
Beyond all knowledge and all thought.
2
O love of God, how deep and great,
Far deeper than man’s deepest hate;
Self fed, self kindled like the night,
Changeless, eternal, infinite.
3
We 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.
4
We 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.
5
O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love, in thee we rest,
Forever safe, forever blest.