NCH 525
What shall I do my God to love,
Hymn Text
Verse 1
What shall I do my God to love,
My loving God to praise?
The length, and breadth, and height to prove
And depth of sov'reign grace?
My loving God to praise?
The length, and breadth, and height to prove
And depth of sov'reign grace?
Verse 2
Thy sovereign grace to all extends,
Immense and unconfined;
From age to age it never ends;
It reaches all mankind.
Immense and unconfined;
From age to age it never ends;
It reaches all mankind.
Verse 3
Throughout the world its breadth is known,
Wide as infinity;
So wide it never passed by me,
Or it had passed by me.
Wide as infinity;
So wide it never passed by me,
Or it had passed by me.
Verse 4
The depth of all-redeeming love
What angel tongue can tell'?
O may I to the utmost prove
The gift unspeakable.
What angel tongue can tell'?
O may I to the utmost prove
The gift unspeakable.
Verse 5
Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take
Possession of Thine own;
My longing heart vouchsafe to make
Thine everlasting throne.
Possession of Thine own;
My longing heart vouchsafe to make
Thine everlasting throne.
Verse 6
My trespass was grown up to heav'n;
But far above the skies,
In Christ abundantly forgiv'n,
I see Thy mercies rise.
But far above the skies,
In Christ abundantly forgiv'n,
I see Thy mercies rise.
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