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 and signs and actions thus Still seeking, not Himself, but us.

Verse 5

For us to wicked men 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. Amen.

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