November
17, 2003
THE
LOVE OF GOD
"I
am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities
nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height
nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate
us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord"
(Romans 8:38, 39, NKJV).
"The
love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star, and reaches to the lowest
hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to
win;
His erring child He reconciled, and pardoned from his sin.
"Oh,
love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure, the saints and angels' song.
"When
hoary time shall pass away, and earthly thrones and kingdoms
fall;
When men who here refuse to pray, on rocks and hills and mountains
call;
God's love, so sure, shall still endure, all measureless and
strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam's race, the saints' and angels' song.
"Could
we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment
made;
Were ev'ry stalk on earth a quill, and ev'ry man a scribe
by trade;
To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Tho' stretched from
sky to sky."
--F.
M. Lehman, Singing Youth, #7, Review and Herald
Publishing Assn.
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