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God is love.
1 John 4:8.
Earth, with her ten thousand flowers,
Air, with all its beams and showers,
Ocean’s infinite expanse,
Heaven’s resplendent countenance;
All around, and all above,
Hath this record—God is love.
2 Sounds among the vales and hills,
In the woods and by the rills,
Of the breeze and of the bird,
By the gentle murmur stirred;
All these songs, beneath, above,
Have one burden—God is love.
3 All the hopes and fears that start
From the fountain of the heart;
All the quiet bliss that lies
In our human sympathies;
These are voices from above,
Sweetly whispering—God is love.