Thursday, October 26, 2006

Here Is Love Vast As The Ocean

Here is love, vast as the ocean,
Lovingkindness as a flood,
When the Prince of life, our ransom,
Shed for us His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten
Throughout heaven’s eternal days.

On the Mount of Crucifixion
Fountains opened deep and wide;
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love, like mighty rivers,
Poured incessant from above,
And heaven’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love.

[By William Rees in Carson, D. A., The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (Crossway Books, 2000), pg. 71]

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I love that song. I am still hoping to find a recording that isn't a schmaltzy, breathy diva. =)