====== #60 - Wellesley ======
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  *Composer:
    *Lizzie Shove Tourjee Estabrook (1858-1913) (1815-1867), 1878
  *Also known as:
    *There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
There's a wideness in God’s mercy,\\
Like the wideness of the sea;\\
There's a kindness in His justice,\\
Which is more than liberty.\\
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There is no place where earth’s sorrows\\
Are more felt than up in Heaven;\\
There is no place where earth’s failings\\
Have such kindly judgment given.\\
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There is welcome for the sinner,\\
And more graces for the good;\\
There is mercy with the Savior;\\
There is healing in His blood.\\
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There is grace enough for thousands\\
Of new worlds as great as this;\\
There is room for fresh creations\\
In that upper home of bliss.\\
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For the love of God is broader\\
Than the measure of our mind;\\
And the heart of the Eternal\\
Is most wonderfully kind.\\
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There is plentiful redemption\\
In the blood that has been shed;\\
There is joy for all the members\\
In the sorrows of the Head.\\
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'Tis not all we owe to Jesus;\\
It is something more than all;\\
Greater good because of evil,\\
Larger mercy through the fall.\\
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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.\\
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Souls of men! why will ye scatter\\
Like a crowd of frightened sheep?\\
Foolish hearts! why will ye wander\\
From a love so true and deep?\\
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It is God: His love looks mighty,\\
But is mightier than it seems;\\
'Tis our Father: and His fondness\\
Goes far out beyond our dreams.\\
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But we make His love too narrow\\
By false limits of our own;\\
And we magnify His strictness\\
With a zeal He will not own.\\
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Was there ever kinder shepherd\\
Half so gentle, half so sweet,\\
As the Savior who would have us\\
Come and gather at His feet?\\
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    *Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), 1854