Hymn 64

Here is love, vast as the ocean

William Rees

Verse 1

Here is love, vast as the ocean,

Loving kindness as the flood;

When the Prince of Life my ransom,

Shed for me, His precious blood.

Who, His love, cannot remember?

Who can cease to sing His praise?

He shall never be forgotten,

Throughout heaven’s eternal days.

Verse 2

On the Mount of Crucifixion,

Fountains opened deep and wide;

Through the flood gates of God’s mercy,

Flowed the vast and gracious tide.

Grace and love like mighty rivers,

Poured incessant from above;

Heaven’s peace and perfect justice,

Kissed a guilty world in love.

Verse 3

Let me all Thy love accepting,

Love Thee with all of my days;

Let me seek Thy Kingdom only,

And my life be to Thy praise.

Thou alone shalt be my glory,

Nothing in the world I see;

Thou has cleansed and sanctified me,

Thou Thyself hast set me free.

Verse 4

In Thy truth Thou dost direct me,

By Thy Spirit through Thy word;

And Thy grace my need is meeting,

As I trust in Thee my Lord.

All Thy fullness Thou art pouring,

In Thy love and power in me;

Without measure, full and boundless,