The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

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The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920)
edited by Henry Augustine Smith

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy by Frederick William Faber
(Wellesley by Lizzie Shove Tourjée Estabrook)

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1737706The Army and Navy Hymnal — There's a Wideness in God's MercyHenry Augustine SmithFrederick William Faber
(Wellesley by Lizzie Shove Tourjée Estabrook)

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There's a wide-ness in God's mer-cy,
Like the wide-ness of the sea;
There's a kind-ness in his jus-tice,
Which is more than lib-er-ty
If our love were but more sim-ple,
We should take him at his word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweet-ness of our Lord
For the love of God is broad -er
Than the meas-ure of man's mind;
And the heart of the E - ter - nal
Is most won - der-fu-ly kind
A-men