The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920)
edited by Henry Augustine Smith
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy by Frederick William Faber
(Wellesley by Lizzie Shove Tourjée Estabrook)
1737706The Army and Navy Hymnal — There's a Wideness in God's MercyHenry Augustine SmithFrederick William Faber
(Wellesley by Lizzie Shove Tourjée Estabrook)
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  1. There's a wide-ness in God's mer-cy,
    Like the wide-ness of the sea;
    There's a kind-ness in his jus-tice,
    Which is more than lib-er-ty
  2. If our love were but more sim-ple,
    We should take him at his word;
    And our lives would be all sunshine
    In the sweet-ness of our Lord
  3. For the love of God is broad -er
    Than the meas-ure of man's mind;
    And the heart of the E - ter - nal
    Is most won - der-fu-ly kind
    A-men