1. O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me,
Is the current of Thy love;
Leading onward, leading home-ward,
To my glorious rest above.
2. O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth,
Changeth never, nevermore.
How He watches o'er His loved ones,
Died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth,
Watcheth o'er them from the throne!
3. O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Love of ev'ry love the best!
'Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
'Tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
'Tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
For it lifts me up to Thee.
Samuel Trevor Francis
Hymns for the Family of God
<idle musing>
Surprisingly, this hymn only occurs in about 60 hymnals. I don't recall when I first heard and sang this. It wasn't in either Methodist hymnals I grew up with, so it wasn't there—unless it was a piece we sang in the church choir. But, more likely, it was when I moved to Madison, because the author was Plymouth Brethren. Either way, once I heard it I loved it. Maybe it's the tune that seems to fit the words so well.
</idle musing>
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