{"slug": "o-boundless-salvation", "title": "O Boundless Salvation", "first_line": "O boundless salvation! deep ocean of love", "author": "william-booth", "author_date": "1893", "foot": "anapestic", "meter": {"pattern": [11, 11, 11, 11], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Salvation", "Redemption", "Consecration", "Invitation"], "scripture": ["Isaiah 63:1", "Ezekiel 47:5", "Revelation 22:17"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "salvation-army-songs-1930", "source_kind": "hand_encoded", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "William Booth (1829-1912), founder and first General of The Salvation Army, wrote this for the \"Boundless Salvation\" campaign; it was first sung at Exeter Hall, London, 14 November 1893 and the words were first printed in The War Cry, 23 December 1893. It is known as THE FOUNDER'S SONG. Text taken from the page image of \"Salvation Army Songs\" (New York; Chicago: Salvation Army, Supplies, Printing and Publishing Department, 1930), PART I, \"THE FOUNDER'S SONG\", no. 1, printed p. 1, headed \"My Jesus, I love Thee, 340, A-flat. / Cossar, 345, E-flat. / 11's x\" and signed WILLIAM BOOTH \u2014 archive.org item salvationarmyson00unse, leaf n12. Published in the United States in 1930 (pre-1931) and the author died in 1912, so public domain in the US and in life+70 jurisdictions; Hymnary's text authority o_boundless_salvation_deep_ocean_of_love is flagged Public Domain. The four stanzas carried here also appear WITH MUSIC in two earlier dated US printings: \"One Hundred Favorite Songs and Music of The Salvation Army\", 2nd ed. (New York, copyright entered 1899), no. 5, p. 10 (five stanzas), and \"The Salvation Army / Songs and Music / COMPILED 1922\", no. 185, p. 185 (these four exactly). STANZA SELECTION: the 1930 words book prints seven stanzas. Four are carried here \u2014 its 1, 2, 6 and 7, the four the 1922 music book underlays. Its stanzas 3 (\"My tempers are fitful\"), 4 (\"Now tossed with temptation\") and 5 (\"O ocean of mercy\") are omitted: no pre-1931 printing WITH MUSIC underlays them, stanza 5 does not scan to this tune at all (11.12.10.11 as printed in 1930), and stanza 3's third line needs \"deliverance\" elided to three syllables to fit. Adding any of them would mean inventing an underlay. ORIGINAL PRACTICE, recorded so it is not mistaken for a missing refrain: in 1893-era Salvation Army use a separate chorus, \"The Heavenly Gales are Blowing\" (a different tune, 6/8, printed at onehundredfavori00boot leaf n14 = p. 11), was sung between the verses. It is a distinct song and is not part of this text.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O bound -- less sal -- va -- tion! deep o -- cean of love, O full -- ness of mer -- cy, Christ brought from a -- bove, The whole world re -- deem -- ing, so rich and so free, Now flow -- ing for all men\u2014 come, roll o -- ver me!", "prose": ["O boundless salvation! deep ocean of love,", "O fullness of mercy, Christ brought from above,", "The whole world redeeming, so rich and so free,", "Now flowing for all men\u2014come, roll over me!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "My sins they are man -- y, their stains are so deep, And bit -- ter the tears of re -- morse that I weep; But use -- less is weep -- ing; thou great crim -- son sea, Thy wa -- ters can cleanse me\u2014 come, roll o -- ver me!", "prose": ["My sins they are many, their stains are so deep,", "And bitter the tears of remorse that I weep;", "But useless is weeping; thou great crimson sea,", "Thy waters can cleanse me\u2014come, roll over me!"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The tide is now flow -- ing, I'm touch -- ing the wave, I hear the loud call of \u201cThe Might -- y to Save;\u201d My faith's grow -- ing bold -- er\u2014 de -- liv -- ered I'll be! I plunge \u2019neath the wa -- ters\u2014 they roll o -- ver me.", "prose": ["The tide is now flowing, I'm touching the wave,", "I hear the loud call of \u201cThe Mighty to Save;\u201d", "My faith's growing bolder\u2014delivered I'll be!", "I plunge \u2019neath the waters\u2014they roll over me."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "And now, Hal -- le -- lu -- jah! the rest of my days Shall glad -- ly be spent in pro -- mot -- ing His praise Who o -- pened His bos -- om to pour out this sea Of bound -- less sal -- va -- tion for you and for me!", "prose": ["And now, Hallelujah! the rest of my days", "Shall gladly be spent in promoting His praise", "Who opened His bosom to pour out this sea", "Of boundless salvation for you and for me!"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}