O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus! Lyrics
1 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.
2 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.
3 O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Love of every love the best:
’tis an ocean vast of blessing,
’tis a haven sweet of 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.
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus! Hymn Story
“O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus” is a hymn that was composed by Samuel Trevor Francis. This song discusses the depth of the love of Jesus.
It describes that love deep, deep love. The concept of love is particularly important in Christianity as God is described as love. Love is the very essence of the godhead.
The three persons of the godhead are united in love. And it is that love that compelled Jesus to die for us on the cross of calvary.
In their love the Godhead did not want us to face eternal death. They therefore decided to intervene to save us from sin and to do this Jesus had to face the death that was supposed to be ours as punishment for our sins.
The author of this hymn, Samuel Trevor Francis, was born in 1835 in London, the United Kingdom. He passed away in 1925.
He was a merchant, lay preacher and also a hymn writer who composed several hymns.
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