Thursday 31 July 2014

Here is Love


Here is love, vast as the ocean
Loving kindness as the flood
When the prince of life, our ransom
Shed for us his precious blood 

Who his love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing his praise? 
He will never be forgotten 
Throughout heaven's eternal days 

On the mount of crucifixion
Fountains opened deep and wide 
Through the floodgates of God's mercy 
Flowed a vast and gracious tide 

Grace and love like mighty rivers
Poured incessant from above 
And heaven's peace and perfect justice 
Kissed a guilty world in love 

Who his love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing his praise? 
He will never be forgotten 
Throughout heaven's eternal days 

Words by William Rees (1802-1883)
This version by Brian Johnson