God’s Free Mercy Streameth

God’s free mercy streameth
over all the world,
And His banner gleameth,
By His church unfuried;
Broad and deep and glorious,
As the heaven above,
Shines in might victorious
His eternal love.

Summer suns are glowing
over land and sea;
Happy light is flowing,
Bountiful and free;
Everything rejoices
in the mellow rays;
Earth’s ten thousand voices
swell the psalm of praise.

Lord, upon our blindness
thy pure radiance pour;
For Thy loving kindness
we would love Thee more;
And when clouds are drifting
dark across the sky,
Then, the veil uplifting,
father, be Thou nigh.

We will never doubt Thee,
tho’ veil Thy light;
Life is dark without Thee,
death with Thee is bright.
Light of light, shine o’er
us on our pilgrim way,
Go Thou still before us
to the endless day.