May the love of god

• God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten, John 3:16.

• ye have not the love of God in you, John 5:42.

• doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, John 10:17.

• he loved them unto the end, John 13:1.

• ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another, John 13:35.

• If ye love me, keep my commandments, John 14:15.

• he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, John 14:21.

• my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, John 14:23.

• As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you, John 15:9.

• Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved, John 16:27.

• world may know that thou … hast loved them, John 17:23.

• love wherewith thou hast loved me, John 17:26.

• God commendeth his love toward us, Rom. 5:8.

• live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you, 2 Cor. 13:11.

• love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, Eph. 3:19.

• what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, 1 Jn. 3:1.

• let us love one another: for love is of God, 1 Jn. 4:7.

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1. The love of God is greater far
   Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
   It goes beyond the highest star,
   And reaches to the lowest hell;
   The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
   God gave His Son to win;
   His erring child He reconciled,
   And pardoned from his sin.
   • Refrain:
     Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
     How measureless and strong!
     It shall forevermore endure—
     The saints’ and angels’ song.
2. When hoary time shall pass away,
   And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
   When men who here refuse to pray,
   On rocks and hills and mountains call,
   God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
   All measureless and strong;
   Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
   The saints’ and angels’ song.
3. Could we with ink the ocean fill,
   And were the skies of parchment made,
   Were every stalk on earth a quill,
   And every man a scribe by trade;
   To write the love of God above
   Would drain the ocean dry;
   Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
   Though stretched from sky to sky.

Frederick Lehman tells us that verse 3 “had been found penciled on the wall of a patient’s room in an insane asylum after he had been carried to his grave.” While it is only supposition that he was the one who adapted the Jewish author’s poem to leave us these well-known lines, if the account is true it shows in any case that he highly esteemed the message.

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