The Love Of God

{title: The Love of God}
{key: C}

{c: Verse 1}
Could we with [C]ink the ocean [G]fill,
And were the [Dm]skies of parchment [C]made,
Were every [C/E]stalk on earth a [G]quill,
And every [Dm]man a scribe by [C]trade,
To write the [F]love of God a[C]bove,
Would drain the [G]ocean [C]dry.
Nor could the [F]scroll contain the [C]whole,
Though stretched from [G]sky to [C]sky.

{c: Refrain}
{soc}
O love of [F]God, how rich and [C]pure!
How measure[G]less and [C]strong!
It shall for[F]evermore en[C]dure
The saints' and [G]angels' [C]song.
{eoc}

{c: Verse 2}
The love of [C]God is greater [G]far
Than tongue or [Dm]pen can ever [C]tell;
It goes be[C]yond the highest [G]star,
And reaches [Dm]to the lowest [C]hell;
The guilty [F]pair, bowed down with [C]care,
God gave His [G]Son to [C]win;
His erring [F]child He recon[C]ciled,
And pardoned [G]from his [C]sin.

{c: Verse 3}
When years of [C]time shall pass a[G]way,
And earthly [Dm]thrones and kingdoms [C]fall,
When men, who [C/E]here refuse to [G]pray,
On rocks and [Dm]hills and mountains [C]call,
God's love so [F]sure, shall still en[C]dure,
All measure[G]less and [C]strong;
Redeeming [F]grace to Adam's [C]race—
The saints' and [G]angels' [C]song.

{c: Special note:}
The original song was an adaptation from a Jewish poem, which formed the words in verse 3.  
The chorus and the traditional verses 1 and 2 were added later.  
This version is arranged starting with the original verse first, and the chords rendered more optimally on a guitar.