The Love of God

The Love of God lyrics. A classic English hymn written by ‎Frederick Martin Lehman (1868-1953), a Jewish author and composer. Lehman shared that this song was inspired by the third stanza which was a Jewish poem written in 1050. It was penciled on the wall of a room of an insane asylum and found only after the resident died. Read more about this at the Hymnstudies blog. "The Love of God" Could we with ink the ocean fill And were the skies of parchment made Were every stalk on earth a quill And every man a scribe by trade To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry Nor could the scroll contain the whole Though stretched from sky to sky I wonder what the patient was struggling with. I hope the words brought comfort to him or her. The Love of God Lyrics The love of God is far greater Than tongue or pen can ever tell It goes beyond the highest star And reaches to the lowest hell The guilty pair bowed down with care God gave His Son to win His erring child He reconciled And pardoned from his sin When years of time shall pass away And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall When men who here refuse to pray On rocks and hills and mountains call God's love so sure, shall still endure All measureless and strong Redeeming grace to Adam's race The saints' and angels' song God's love so sure, shall still endure All measureless and strong Redeeming grace to Adam's race The saints' and angels' song Could we with ink the ocean fill And were the skies of parchment made Were every stalk on earth a quill And every man a scribe by trade To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry Nor could the scroll contain the whole Though stretched from sky to sky O love of God, how rich and pure How measureless and strong It shall forevermore endure The saints' and angels' song