"The Love of God” by Frederick M. Lehman (The History Behind the Hymns #1)
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English - October 08, 2019 18:44 - 21 minutes - 17.3 MBReligion & Spirituality Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The History Behind the Hymns passage of Scripture is 1 John 4:8 which reads: "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."
The History Behind the Hymns quote for today is from J. C. Ryle. He said: "Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations."
The quote in connection to today's hymn is from Saint Augustine. He said: “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”
Our hymn for today is "The Love of God” by Frederick M. Lehman. It reads:
The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell.
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell.
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin......
Now here is the history behind the hymn, “The Love of God”. According to Al Smith’s Treasury of Hymn Histories: