Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
There'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 no place where earth's sorrows are more felt than up in heaven
There is no place where earth's failings have such kindly judgement given.
VERSE 2
For the love of God is broader
than the measure of our mind,
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
But we make his love too narrow
by false limits of our own
and we magnify his strictness
with a zeal he would not own.
VERSE 3
There is plentiful redemption
through the blood that has been shed;
there is joy for all the members
In the sorrows of the Head
There is grace enough for thousands
of new worlds as great as this
there is room for fresh creations
in that upper home of bliss.
VERSE 4
If our love were but more simple
we should take him at his word
and our lives would be all gladness
In the joy of Christ our Lord.
