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Here is love vast as the ocean



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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 can never be forgotten

Throughout heaven's 

eternal days.



.2

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. 



.3

Through the years of 

human darkness,

Shone the lamp the 

prophets trimmed

Making known 

Redemption's story,

Of the love of 

God undimmed.



Christ for every 

tongue and nation!

All must come 

beneath his sway;

His the everlasting 

kingdom

That shall 

never pass away.



.4

When the stars shall 

fall from heaven,

And the sun turn 

black as night;

When the skies 

recede and vanish,

And the elements ignite.



Then the Son of Man 

in glory,

Coming as the Morning Star,

Shall return to 

claim his loved ones,

Gathered in from near and far.

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