There’s a Wideness
in God’s Mercy,

Like the wideness of the sea;
There’s a kindness in His justice,
Though severe His judgments be,
Search the Scriptures, search and see
Wisdom’s wondrous harmony.

There’s no place where earthly sorrows
Are more felt than up in Heaven;
There’s no place where earthly failings
Have such kindly judgment given.
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God in mercy judgeth thee.

For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of man’s mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
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God’s great kindness unto thee.

But men make His love too narrow
By false limits of their own,
And they magnify His vengeance
With a zeal He will not own.
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God’s grand law of equity.

If our faith is true and simple,
We will take Him at His word,
And our lives will be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord.
Search the Scriptures, search and see,
Let their records gladden thee.

Bible Students Hymnal