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Deus Tuorum Militum

O love, how deep, how broad, how high

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The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

Modality

B♭ Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Harmonizer

Basil Harwood [1859-1949]

Language

English

Original Language

Latin

Publication Date

1985

Source

Latin [15th cent.]
Antiphoner [1753; The English Hymnal]

Translator

Benjamin Webb [1819-1885 (alt.)]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Feb 02, 2025 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 07, 2024 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 03, 2023 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 11, 2016 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jan 24, 2016 10:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Six verses)

O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
how passing thought and fantasy,
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake!

For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharp he knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.

For us he prayed; for us he taught;
for us his daily works he wrought:
by words and signs and actions, thus
still seeking not himself, but us.

For us to wicked hands betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us gave up his dying breath.

For us he rose from death again;
for us he went on high to reign;
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.

All glory to our Lord and God
for love so deep, so high, so broad;
the Trinity whom we adore
forever and forevermore.