Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:39
Words: Helen Fairfield, in Songs of Help, edited by James M. Black (New York: Abingdon Press, 1917), number 19.
Music: J. K. Everett (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Fairfield or Everett (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Drifted away from your mother’s prayers,
Drifted away, thinking no one cares;
Jesus is calling, while mercy spares,
His love reaches down to you.
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His love reaches down to you,
His love reaches down to you;
O be not dismayed,
Tho’ far you have strayed,
His love reaches down to you.
Hasten and turn from the world away,
Turn from the things that hold you astray;
Come back to God, while He calls today,
His love reaches down to you.
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Love, so unmeasured, so full and free,
Flows like a river for you and me;
Only believe it and you shall see,
His love reaches down to you.
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Shadows are gathering, night is near,
Why do you linger in doubt and fear?
List to the message so full of cheer,
His love reaches down to you.
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