| 1783 | The Cyber Hymnal#1784 | 1785 |
| Text: | God Is Love; His Mercy Brightens |
| Author: | John Bowring |
| Tune: | SUSSEX |
| Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Composer: | Anonymous |
| Media: | MIDI file |
1. God is love; His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is wisdom, God is love.
2. Chance and change are busy ever;
Man decays and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never:
God is wisdom, God is love.
3. E’en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the mist His brightness streameth:
God is wisdom, God is love.
4. He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth:
God is wisdom, God is love.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | God is love; His mercy brightens |
| Title: | God Is Love; His Mercy Brightens |
| Author: | John Bowring (1825) |
| Meter: | 87.87 |
| Language: | English |
| Source: | Hymns, 1825 |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Notes: | Alternate tunes: DULCETTA, from Ludwig van Beethoven; OPORTO, William Mason, 1829-1908 |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | SUSSEX |
| Composer: | Anonymous |
| Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Meter: | 87.87 |
| Incipit: | 33321 23216 44321 |
| Key: | G Major |
| Source: | English melody; The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 239 |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
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| Adobe Acrobat image: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| MIDI file: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
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