I cannot tell a lie. I’m a Getty Music Groupie. The songwriting duo of Keith and Kristen Getty, along with their entire team, publish consistently theologically beautiful hymns. This is their latest – Here is Love, Vast as the Ocean. This hymn was originally written in the late 1800’s in Wales. Here is a little back story (from the Getty Music website) –
“Here Is Love, Vast as the Ocean” has been called the “love song of the Welsh revival” of the 1900s, a revival that spurred the missionary movement to China and more than 100 million Christians there today. It is a rich, poetic reminder of Romans 5, that by his death Christ demonstrated his love for us while we were still sinners. In this reacquaintance with the poignant hymn, recorded by Sandra McCracken, Keith & Kristyn Getty, and thousands attending the Sing! conference, two new verses sing the power of Christ’s love in resurrection and our love for him in eternal praise.
LYRICS:
Vs 1
Here is love vast as the ocean
Lovingkindness as the flood
When the Prince of Life, our ransom
Shed for us His precious blood
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten
Throughout heav’n’s eternal days
Vs 2
On the mount of crucifixion
Fountains opened deep and wide
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide
Grace and love like mighty rivers
Poured incessant from above
Heav’n’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love
Vs 3
On the morn of resurrection
Mercy filled the thirsty grave
Where the stone of death burst open
Springs of life flowed unrestrained
Love no heart could ever measure
Joy no sorrows will outrun
Rush upon the soul believing
In the risen, reigning Son
Vs 4
Oh this love, vast love of Jesus
Bids us come and drink and live
To this weary world of longing
What more could our Savior give
Now to Christ who fully loved us
And who freed us from our sin
Be all glory and dominion
Everlasting praise to Him
Here Is Love Vast as the Ocean (Everlasting Praise)
PD Text (Rees, Edwards) and Music (Lowry)
New Words and Arrangement by Matt Boswell, Keith Getty, and Kristyn Getty
© 2024 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) and Messenger Hymns (BMI) (all adm at CapitolCMGPublishing.com)
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