Christ My Song - 700
'God is love,' by him upholden - Love
(John S. B. Monsell/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Love.
First Sunday after Trinity.
God is love. (1 John 4,8)
1. 'God is love,' by him upholden
hang the glorious orbs of light,
in their language glad and golden
speaking to us day and night
their great story, their great story,
'God is Love,' and God is Might,
their great story, their great story,
'God is Love,' and God is Might. (PDF - Midi)
2. And the teeming earth rejoices
in that message from above,
with ten thousand thousand voices
telling back from hill and grove
her glad story, her glad story,
God is Might, and 'God is Love,'
her glad story, her glad story,
God is Might, and 'God is Love.'
3. With these anthems of Creation
mingling in harmonious strife,
Christian songs of Christ's salvation
to the world with blessing rife
tell their story, tell their story,
'God is Love,' and God is Life,
tell their story, tell their story,
'God is Love,' and God is Life.
4. Thro' that precious Love he sought us
wandering from his holy ways,
with that precious Life he bought us,
then let all our future days
tell this story, tell this story,
Love our life – our lives be praise,
tell this story, tell this story,
Love our life – our lives be praise.
5. Gladsome is the theme, and glorious,
praise to Christ our gracious Head,
Christ, the risen Christ, victorious
Death and Hell hath captive led!
Welcome story! Welcome story!
Love is Life – and Death is dead.
Welcome story! Welcome story!
Love is Life – and Death is dead.
6. Up to him let each affection
daily rise, and round him move,
our whole lives one Resurrection
to the life of Life above,
their glad story, their glad story,
God is Life – and 'God is Love,'
their glad story, their glad story,
God is Life – and 'God is Love.'
John S. B. Monsell, 'Spiritual Songs', 1864, 113-114.
(Repetitions added. See picture above for original stanza-form.)