This old Dutch tune has been used for several different hymns, including several in modern Catholic hymnals, but I am looking for a well-known Protestant set of lyrics. These are NOT the John Wesley lyrics "Hail Thou Once-Despised Jesus", but a different set, of which all I can remember is the second line of the first verse, "like the waters of the sea".
If anyone can help?
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Lyrics for hymn tune In Babilone
It occurs to me that the hymn you might be looking for has, as its second line "like the wideness of the sea". The meter is 8.7.8.7.D
The lyrics are here:
http://hymnal.oremus.org/hwiki/index.ph ... od's_mercy
There's a wideness in God's mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there's a kindness in his justice,
which is more than liberty.
There is welcome for the sinner,
and more graces for the good;
there is mercy with the Savior;
there is healing in his blood.
There is no place where earth's sorrows
are more felt than in heaven;
there is no place where earth's failings
have such kind judgment given.
There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that has been shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.
For the love of God is broader
than the measure of man's mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more faithful,
we should take him at his word;
and our life would be thanksgiving
for the goodness of the Lord.
Words: Frederick William Faber, 1862;
Meter: 87 87 D
The lyrics are here:
http://hymnal.oremus.org/hwiki/index.ph ... od's_mercy
There's a wideness in God's mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there's a kindness in his justice,
which is more than liberty.
There is welcome for the sinner,
and more graces for the good;
there is mercy with the Savior;
there is healing in his blood.
There is no place where earth's sorrows
are more felt than in heaven;
there is no place where earth's failings
have such kind judgment given.
There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that has been shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.
For the love of God is broader
than the measure of man's mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more faithful,
we should take him at his word;
and our life would be thanksgiving
for the goodness of the Lord.
Words: Frederick William Faber, 1862;
Meter: 87 87 D
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