{"slug": "the-love-of-god", "title": "The Love of God", "first_line": "The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen", "author": "frederick-martin-lehman", "author_date": "1917", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Atonement", "Children", "God, Eternity of", "God, Love of", "God, Mercy of", "Grace", "Love", "Praise, Father", "Praise, Son", "Salvation"], "scripture": ["Romans 8:35-39", "John 3:16", "Jeremiah 31:2-3", "2 Thessalonians 2:16-17", "Revelation 6:15-17", "Revelation 1:5"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:1 (line 34577); Words & Music Frederick Martin Lehman 1917, setting Claudia Lehman Mays 1917; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "my_god_thy_boundless_love_i_praise", "total_instances": 142}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "The love of God is great -- er far Than tongue or pen can ev -- er tell, It goes be -- yond the high -- est star, And reach -- es to the low -- est hell; The guilt -- y pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win; His er -- ring child, He rec -- on -- ciled, And par -- doned from his sin.", "prose": ["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."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When hoar -- y time shall pass a -- way, And earth -- ly thrones and king -- doms fall; When men who here re -- fuse to pray, On rocks and hills and moun -- tains call; God's love, so sure, shall still en -- dure, All meas -- ure -- less and strong; Re -- deem -- ing grace to Ad -- am's race -- The saints' and an -- gels' song.", "prose": ["When hoary time shall pass away,", "And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall;", "When men who here refuse to pray,", "On rocks and hills and mountains call;", "God's love, so sure, shall still endure,", "All measureless and strong;", "Redeeming grace to Adam's race\u2014", "The saints' and angels' song."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Could we with ink the o -- cean fill, And were the skies of parch -- ment made, Were ev -- ery stalk on earth a quill And ev -- ery man a scribe by trade; To write the love of God a -- bove Would drain the o -- cean dry; Nor could the scroll con -- tain the whole, Tho' stretched from sky to sky.", "prose": ["Could we with ink the ocean fill,", "And were the skies of parchment made,", "Were every stalk on earth a quill", "And every man a scribe by trade;", "To write the love of God above", "Would drain the ocean dry;", "Nor could the scroll contain the whole,", "Tho' stretched from sky to sky."]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "Oh love of God, how rich and pure! How meas -- ure -- less and strong! It shall for -- ev -- er -- more en -- dure, The saints' and an -- gels' song.", "prose": ["Oh love of God, how rich and pure!", "How measureless and strong!", "It shall forevermore endure,", "The saints' and angels' song."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}