There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy

1.

There's a wideness in God's mercy

Like the wideness of the sea;

There's a kindness in God's justice

Which is more than liberty.

There is plentiful redemption

In the blood that has been shed;

There is joy for all the members

In the sorrows of the Head.

2.

For the love of God is broader

Than the measures of our mind;

And the heart of the Eternal

Is most wonderfully kind.

If our love were but more simple

We should take him at his word,

And our lives would be illumined

By the presence of our Lord.

3.

Troubled souls, why will you scatter

Like a crowd of frightened sheep?

Foolish hearts! why will you wander

From a love so true and deep?

There is welcome for the sinner

And more graces for the good;

There is mercy with the Savior,

There is healing in his blood.