ELHB Hymn 510
God is love; His mercy brightens
John Bowring (1825)
Hymn Text
510. God is love; His mercy brightens
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1 God is love; His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is wisdom, God is love.
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is wisdom, God is love.
2 Chance and change are busy ever,
Man decays, and ages move:
But His mercy waneth never:
God is wisdom, God is love.
Man decays, and ages move:
But His mercy waneth never:
God is wisdom, God is love.
3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the gloom His brightness streameth:
God is wisdom, God is love.
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the gloom His brightness streameth:
God is wisdom, God is love.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #510