O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free! Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me! Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!
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O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus
When you are young and you have no hope, the world can be a lonely place. So many of our young people struggle to find their place in a world that offers glitter over substance and pleasure instead of a future.
Sam was struggling. He came from a good home, sang in the church choir and wrote poetry, but he wasn’t living that life. He had not figured out his hope so he lived day by day, hour by hour.
One night, he was returning home from work and he found himself crossing the Thames River. As he looked at the water below, the thought occurred to him that he could end it all, right there. No more despair. No more doubts and worries.
“I was on my way home from work and had to cross the Hungerford Bridge to the south of the Thames. During the winters’ night of wind and rain and then the loneliness of that walk, I cried to God to have mercy on me. I stayed for a moment to look at the dark waters flowing under the bridge, and the temptation was whispered to me: ‘Make an end of all this misery.’ I drew back from the evil thought, and suddenly a message was born into my very soul: ‘You do believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?’ I at once answered, ‘I do believe,’ and I put my whole trust in Him as my Savior.”
Sam went on to become a successful and prominent businessman but his true passion was in his occasional preaching and his hymn writing. In 1875, he wrote one of the most significant treatments of God’s nature ever penned. His beautiful hymn, entitled “O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" tells of a God whose love is “Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free, rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me.”
It’s impact on the church is undeniable and the beauty of the tune along with the depth of the lyrics is always an uplifting experience for those who hear it. Thank you, Samuel Trevor Francis, for your lasting gift to the church.
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression … He delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. You can listen to this great hymn by clicking below:
