 | 1878 - 1002 sidor
...widene.*9 of the sea, There's a kindness in His justice Which is more, than liberty. ' For the IOTB of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind,...the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind.' We copied out the hymn and gave it a place among our favourites. But •who wrote it? Some time after,... | |
 | 1876 - 1204 sidor
...seems ! 'Tis oar Father: and His fondness Goes far oat beyond our dreams. " For the love of God ia broader Than the measures of man's mind ; And the Heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind." And if all grace is given, what a result we shall have ! " all sufficiency, in all things, always I... | |
 | 1882 - 450 sidor
...quoted from a hymn •they had sung that evening : "For the love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mind ; And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. If our trust were but more simple We should take Him at His word, And our lives would be all sunshine... | |
 | 1870 - 300 sidor
...judgments given. POETIC SELECTIONS.-THE CHILDREN'S CORNER. For the love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mind ; And the heart of the Eternal Is most...magnify His strictness With a zeal He will not own. If our love were but more simple We should take Him at His word; And our lives would be all sunshine... | |
 | 1897 - 1166 sidor
...enforces, with a good-natured satire, the lesson which the more modern poet has expressed in the lines : " But we make His love too narrow By false limits of...magnify His strictness With a zeal He will not own." Whether this view of the story of Jonah is correct or not is open to question. But it is not unchristian,... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1870 - 610 sidor
...thousands Of new worlds as great as this ; There is room for fresh creations In that upper home of bliss. For the love of God is broader Than the measures of...the Heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. SOULS OF MEN, WHY WILL YE SCATTER! 345 But we make His love too narrow By false limits of our own ;... | |
 | 1870 - 444 sidor
...earth's fallings Have such kindly judgment given. ***** For the love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mind; And the Heart of the Eternal Is most...wonderfully kind. But we make His love too narrow, By faitee limits of our own; And we magnify hi» etrictncse With a zeal He will nut own. ***** If our... | |
 | Frederick William Faber - 1871 - 464 sidor
...Of new worlds as great as this ; There is room for fresh creations In that upper home of bliss. 8. For the love of God is broader Than the measures of...the Heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. >.,. 9. But we make His lore too narrow By false limits of our own ; And we magnify His strictness... | |
 | Philip Phillips - 1872 - 182 sidor
...will further inquire for thee." MEROY. " Then will I go thither, and will take what shall follow." 4 But we make his love too narrow By false limits of...magnify his strictness With a zeal he will not own. REFRAIN. He is calling, "Come to me I" Lord, I'll gladly haste to thee. i^ There's a kind -ness in... | |
 | 1872 - 152 sidor
...Tailings Have such kindly judgment given. For the love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mind ; But we make his love too narrow By false limits of...our own ; And we magnify his strictness With a zeal lie will not own. If our love were but more simple, We should take him at his word ; And our lives... | |
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If our love were but more simple, We should take Him at His word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of our Lord. 
