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There's a wideness in God's mercy

470

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

87. 87. D

Modality

A Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Frederick William Faber [1814-1863 (alt.)]

Composer

John Zundel [1815-1882 (alt.)]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Oct 13, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jul 14, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 01, 2023 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Mar 27, 2022 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 24, 2021 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA

Poem Words (Three verses)

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 welcome for the sinner,
and more graces for the good;
there is mercy with the Savior;
there is healing in his blood.

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 judgment given.
There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that has been shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.

For the love of God is broader
than the measure of the mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more faithful,
we should take him at his word;
and our life would be thanksgiving
for the goodness of the Lord.