Scripture Verse

An everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3

Introduction

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Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns 1762.

Music: Ar­nold Sam­uel Ar­nold (1740–1802) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when the mu­sic was writ­ten,

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love,
Unmerited and free,
Delights our evil to remove,
And help our misery.

Thou waitest to be gracious still;
Thou dost with sinners bear,
That, saved, we may Thy goodness feel,
And all Thy grace declare.

Thy goodness and Thy truth to me
To every soul, abound,
A vast, unfathomable sea,
Where all our thoughts are drowned.

Its streams the whole creation reach,
So plenteous is the store,
Enough for all, enough for each,
Enough for ev­er­more.

Faithful, O Lord, Thy mercies are!
A rock that cannot move;
A thousand promises declare
Thy constancy of love.

Throughout the universe it reigns,
Unalterably sure;
And while the truth of God remains,
The goodness must endure.