Matchless Love
- Words:
- Samuel W. Beazley
- Music:
- Samuel W. Beazley
Sheet music
- 1It was matchless love that found me,When the bands of sin had bound me,It was love that planned escape for meWhen I was lost, undone;It was love in sad plight, saw me,It was love that reached out for me,‘Twas the precious love of Jesus ChristThe mighty, holy One.(‘Twas love, ‘Twas matchless love,)Love, ‘twas love, matchless love,(That caused my Savior there)Love, ‘twas love, matchless love,Up on the cruel cross to choose(death of shame for even me;)A death of shame for me;
- 2(How can I e’er repay)Love, ‘twas love, match less love,(The debt of love I owe,)Love, ‘twas love, love I owe,For His salvation full and free,(wonderful love, matchless love?)Giv’n thru love, love, matchless love?(‘Twas love, ‘Twas matchless love,)Love, ‘twas love, matchless love,(That caused my Savior there)Love, ‘twas love, matchless love,Up on the cruel cross to choose(death of shame for even me;)A death of shame for me;
- 3What a tender loving-kindness,That sought me in my blindness,And a marvelous redemption wro’tThat mortals might be free!What an act in its completeness!What a love in tender sweetness!What a wonderful salvation nowAbounds for you and me!(‘Twas love, ‘Twas matchless love,)Love, ‘twas love, matchless love,(That caused my Savior there)Love, ‘twas love, matchless love,Up on the cruel cross to choose(death of shame for even me;)A death of shame for me;
- 4What a wonderful relationThat I, in lowly station,Am called a “son unto God,” what moreCould human heart desire?By His tender love o’er-shaded,I’ll be kept till earth has fadedFrom my sight, and I shall enter inTo join the heav’nly choir.(‘Twas love, ‘Twas matchless love,)Love, ‘twas love, matchless love,(That caused my Savior there)Love, ‘twas love, matchless love,Up on the cruel cross to choose(death of shame for even me;)A death of shame for me;
In the hymnals
- Written in 1914, the words are in 17 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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