The mer­cy of God
Is an ocean di­vine,
A bound­less and fa­thom­less flood.
Launch out in the deep,
Cut away the shore line,
And be lost in the full­ness of God.

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Launch out, in­to the deep.
Oh let the shore line go.
Launch out, launch out in the ocean di­vine,
Out where the full tides flow.

But ma­ny, alas!
Only stand on the shore,
And gaze on the ocean so wide.
They ne­ver have ven­tured
Its depths to ex­plore,
Or to launch on the fa­thom­less tide.

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And oth­ers just ven­ture
Away from the land,
And ling­er so near to the shore
That the surf and the slime
That beat ov­er the strand
Dash o’er them in floods ev­er­more.

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Oh, let us launch out
On this ocean so broad,
Where floods of sal­va­tion o’er­flow.
Oh, let us be lost
In the mer­cy of God,
Till the depths of His full­ness we know.

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