Love For All
- Words:
- S. Longfellow
- Music:
- Xavier Schnyder
Sheet music
- 1Love for all and can it be?Can I hope it is for meI, who strayed so long ago,Strayed so far, and fell so low?I, the disobedient child,Wayward, passionate, and wildI, who left my Father’s home,In forbidden ways to roam.
- 2I, who spurned His loving hold;I, who would not be controlledI, who would not hear His call;I, the willful prodigal.To my Father can I go?At His feet myself I’ll throw;In His house there yet may bePlace a servant’s place for me.
- 3See! my Father waiting stands;See! He reaches out His hands:God is love, I know, I see,Love for me, yes, even me.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1864, the words are in 119 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.