MySongbooksThe Australian Hymn Book
The Australian Hymn Book was published in 1977, and was the culmination of almost ten years' work by an ecumenical committee, chaired by A. Harold Wood, intent on producing a new, contemporary and inclusive hymn book that could be used in worship by the varied Christian congregations across Australia.
11 Book Likes 0 Song LikesSOULS OF MEN, WHY DO YOU SCATTER
[1]
Souls of men, why do you scatter
like a crowd of frightened sheep?
foolish hearts, why do you wander
from a love so true and deep?
[2]
There's a wideness in God's mercy
like the wideness of the sea,
and forgiveness in his justice
sealed for us on Calvary.
[3]
There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that has been shed:
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.
[4]
For the love of God is broader
than the measures of man's mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
[5]
But we make his love too narrow
by false limits of our own,
and we magnify his strictness
with a zeal he will not own.
[6]
If our love were but more simple
we should take him at his word;
and our lives would be illumined
by the goodness of our Lord.
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