God is love! His word has said it;

God is love! His word has said it; This is news of heavenly birth: Speed abroad and widely spread it, Make it known through all the earth That God is love.

Not in yonder blessed regions, Where the Lord, with glory crowned, Reigns amid angelic legions, Will the brightest proof be found That God is love.

' Tis on earth the Lord discloses All His love, how vast it is; Earth's the favoured spot He chooses To display the truth of this, That God is love.

' Tis that Man of sorrows yonder Object of contempt beneath, But, in heaven, of highest wonder, Teaches fully by His death That God is love.

His a throne, the throne of heaven, Yet He comes on earth to bleed, And for man His life is given; This is what declares indeed That God is love.

Not for those who ever loved Him Did the Lord of glory die; Pity to the wretched moved Him: Who that hears it will deny That God is love?

' Tis a truth: away and spread it; Spread the tidings far and near; O may sinners give it credit, And be joyful when they hear That God is love.