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Souls of Men! Why Will Ye Scatter
- Words:
- Frederick William Faber, 1862, alt.
- Music:
- 'In Babilone' traditional Dutch found in "Oude en Nieuwe Hollantse Boerenlities en Contradansen", 1710.
- Setting:
- Julius Röntgen, 1906.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7
- 1Souls of men! why will ye scatterLike a crowd of frightened sheep?Foolish hearts! why will ye wanderFrom a love so true and deep?Was there ever kinder shepherdHalf so gentle, half so sweet,As the Savior who would have usCome and gather round His feet?
- 2It is God: His love looks mighty,But is mighti'r than it seems;'Tis our Father: and His fondnessGoes far out beyond our dreams.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.
- 3There is no place where earth's sorrowsAre more felt than up in Heav'n;There is no place where earth's failingsHave such wondrous judgment giv'n.There is welcome for the sinner,Grace poured out as in a floodThere is mercy with the Savior;There is healing in His blood.
- 4There is grace enough for thousandsOf new worlds as great as this;There is room for fresh creationsIn that upper home of bliss.For the love of God is broaderThan the measure of man's mind;And the heart of the EternalIs most wonderfully kind.
- 5There is plentiful redemptionIn Christ's blood that has been shed;There is joy for all the membersIn the sorrows of the Head.Not just all we owe to Jesus;It is something more than all;Greater good because of evil,Larger mercy through the fall.
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- Written in 1862, the words are in 142 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, In Babilone, is in 248 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is 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.