155. What Was It, Blessèd God

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by Mrs. A.T. Gilbert
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What was it, blessèd God,
 
Led Thee to give Thy Son,
 
To yield Thy well-beloved
 
For us by sin undone?
 
’Twas love unbounded led Thee thus
 
To give Thy well-beloved for us.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
2
What led Thy Son, O God!
 
To leave Thy throne on high,
 
To shed His precious blood,
 
To suffer and to die?
 
’Twas love, unbounded love to us,
 
Led Him to die and suffer thus.
3
What moved Thee to impart
 
Thy Spirit from above,
 
Therewith to fill our heart
 
With heavenly peace and love?
 
’Twas love, unbounded love to us,
 
Moved Thee to give Thy Spirit thus.
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” (John 14:16-18)
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What love to Thee we owe,
 
Our God, for all Thy grace;
 
Our hearts may well o’erflow
 
In everlasting praise!
 
Make us, O Lord, to praise Thee thus
 
For all Thy boundless love to us.
“<<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.>> My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” (Psalm 45:1)
“But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.” (Psalm 71:14)
“And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.” (Ephesians 3:19)
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