O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

Verse 1

O love, how deep, how broad, how high! It fills the heart with ecstasy, That God, the Son of God, should take Our mortal form for mortals' sake.

Verse 2

He sent no angel to our race Of higher or of lower place, But wore the robe of human frame Himself, and to this lost world came.

Verse 3

For us he was baptized, and bore His holy fast, and hungered sore; For us temptations sharp he knew; For us the tempter overthrew.

Verse 4

For us he prayed, for us he taught, For us his daily works he wrought, By words, by signs, and actions, thus Still seeking not himself, but us.

Verse 5

For us to wickedness betrayed, Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed, He bore the shameful cross and death; For us at length gave up his breath.

Verse 6

For us he rose from death again, For us he went on high to reign, For us he sent his Spirit here To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.

Verse 7

To him whose boundless love has won Salvation for us through his Son, To God the Father, glory be Both now and through eternity.