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THE LOVE OF GOD

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 24, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 33.

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THE LOVE OF GOD.

By Eliza Scudder

THOU Grace divine, encircling all, A soundless, shoreless sea, Wherein at last our souls must fall— O love of God most free!
When over dizzy heights we go, One soft hand blinds our eyes, The other leads us safe and slow— O love of God most wise!
And though we turn us from thy face, And wander wide and long, Thou hold'st us still in thine embrace, O love of God most strong!
The saddened heart, the restless soul, The toil-worn frame and mind, Alike confess thy sweet control, O love of God most kind!
But not alone thy care we claim, Our onward steps to win; We know thee by a dearer name, O love of God within!
And filled and quickened by thy breath, Our souls are strong and free To rise o'er sin and fear and death, O love of God, to thee! —Eliza Scudder.