Scripture Verse

The love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. Ephesians 3:19

Introduction

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Peter P. Bilhorn (1865–1936)

Words: Pe­ter P. Bil­horn, 1922. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Irene Dur­fee, Bil­horn’s pseu­do­nym.

Music: Dur­fee W. Still­man Mar­tin (🔊 pdf nwc).

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W. Stillman Martin (1862–1935)

Lyrics

O love sur­pass­ing hu­man love,
The love di­vine for sin­ners lost;
In love God gave His on­ly Son,
His shame­ful death sal­va­tion’s cost.

Refrain

O bless­èd Sav­ior, by Thy pain,
The sin­ner reaps eter­nal gain.

God loved us when we would not have
His bless­èd Son to be our Lord;
And free­ly, ful­ly He for­gave,
When we be­lieved His ho­ly Word.

Refrain

The Son of God in won­drous love,
On Cal­v’ry’s cross was slain for me;
He paid my debt, He bore my load,
In His own bo­dy on the tree.

Refrain