Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By II. God is Love, by Him upholdenJohn Samuel Bewley Monsell (18111875)
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Hang the glorious orbs of light,
In their language, glad and golden,
Speaking to us day and night
Their great story,
God is Love, and God is Might.
In that message from above,
With ten thousand thousand voices
Telling back, from hill and grove,
Her glad story,
God is Might, and God is Love.
Mingling in harmonious strife,
Christian songs of Christ’s salvation,
To the world with blessings rife,
Tell their story,
God is Love, and God is Life.
Wand’ring from His holy ways,
With that precious Life He bought us;
Then let all our future days
Tell this story:
Love is Life—our lives be Praise.
Praise to Christ our gracious Head,
Christ, the risen Christ, victorious
Death and hell hath captive led.
Welcome story!
Love lives on, and Death is dead.
Daily rise, and round Him move
Our whole lives, one Resurrection
To the Life of life above;
Their glad story,
God is Life, and God is Love.