There's A Wideness In God's Mercy
- Words:
- Frederick W. Faber
- Music:
- Arr. From Samuel Smith by F. N. Shepperd, 1901
Sheet music
- 1There’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.
- 2If our love were but more simple,We should take Him at His word;And our lives would be all sunshineIn the sweetness of our Lord.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1862, the words are in 983 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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