O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean
in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me,
is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward to
Thy glorious rest above!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth,
changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o’er His loved ones,
died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth,
watcheth o’er them from the throne!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
love of every love the best!
’Tis an ocean full of blessing,
’tis a haven giving rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
for it lifts me up to Thee!
I fain would give Thee deepest thanks
Thou, Lord, has made me Thine;
That into this lone heart has come,
Thy light and love divine.
I thank Thee for the awful cross,
Its bitterness and woe;
The wrath of God Thou hast endured,
That I no wrath may know.
I thank Thee for the Spirit’s love
Who caused mine eyes to see
The hollowness of earthly things,
The peace there is in Thee.
What disappointment all along
Life’s swift recurring years;
How oft amidst the brightest smiles
Come agonies and tears.
And so the heart must turn to Thee,
When weary or oppressed;
To find Thy loving sympathy
A perfect, perfect, rest.
Give me grace to walk with Thee,
Alone o’er rock or sand:
I shall not fear, if Thou art near
To hold my trembling hand.
Until at last my pilgrim feet
Shall walk Thy courts above,
And know the fullness, wide and deep,
Of Thine unchanging love.
(Samuel Trevor Francis)