GOD IS LOVE, LET HEAV'N ADORE HIM

A HYMN FOR QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY

God is Love: let heav’n adore him;

God is Love: let earth rejoice;

Let creation sing before him,

And exalt him with one voice.

He who laid the earth’s foundation,

He who spread the heav’ns above,

He who breathes through all creation,

He is Love, eternal Love.

God is Love: and he enfoldeth

All the world in one embrace;

With unfailing grasp he holdeth

Every child of every race.

And when human hearts are breaking

Under sorrow’s iron rod,

Then they find that selfsame aching

Deep within the heart of God.

God is Love:  and though with blindness

Sin afflicts the souls of all,

God’s eternal loving-kindness

Holds and guides us when we fall.

Sin and death and hell shall never

O’er us final triumph gain;

God is Love, so Love for ever

O’er the universe must reign.

By Timothy Rees, 1922