{"id":24082,"date":"2023-01-22T19:23:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T18:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=178746"},"modified":"2023-01-22T20:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T19:33:45","slug":"o-the-deep-deep-love-of-jesus-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/o-the-deep-deep-love-of-jesus-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!\u2019 lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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\u2018O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!\u2019 was written by lay preacher and merchant Samuel Trevor Francis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Francis experienced a renewal of faith as a teenager when he contemplated suicide one night on a bridge over the River Thames and went on to write many poems and hymns, with O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!\u2019 being his most famous.\u00a0^{<\/p>\n\n<h2>\u2018O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!\u2019 lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>O the deep, deep love of Jesus!<br\/>\nVast, unmeasured, boundless, free,<br\/>\nrolling as a mighty ocean<br\/>\nin its fullness over me.<br\/>\nUnderneath me, all around me,<br\/>\nis the current of thy love;<br\/>\nleading onward, leading homeward,<br\/>\nto thy glorious rest above.<\/p>\n<p>O the deep, deep love of Jesus!<br\/>\nSpread his praise from shore to shore;<br\/>\nhow he loveth, ever loveth,<br\/>\nchangeth never, nevermore;<br\/>\nhow he watches o\u2019er his loved ones,<br\/>\ndied to call them all his own;<br\/>\nhow for them he intercedeth,<br\/>\nwatcheth o\u2019er them from the throne.<\/p>\n<p>O the deep, deep love of Jesus!<br\/>\nLove of ev\u2019ry love the best:<br\/>\n\u2019tis an ocean vast of blessing,<br\/>\n\u2019tis a haven sweet of rest.<br\/>\nO the deep, deep love of Jesus!<br\/>\n\u2018Tis a heav\u2019n of heav\u2019ns to me;<br\/>\nand it lifts me up to glory,<br\/>\nfor it lifts me up to thee.<\/p>\n<section class=\""highlight\"> <div class=\""highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> \n<h4>More hymns about Jesus<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" style=\""box-sizing:\" inherit=\"\" scroll-margin-top:=\"\" text-decoration:=\"\" touch-action:=\"\" manipulation=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" outline-width:=\"\" font-family:=\"\" work-sans=\"\" neue=\"\" helvetica=\"\" arial=\"\" sans-serif=\"\" font-size:=\"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/fairest-lord-jesus-lyrics\/"\"><strong>\u2018<\/strong>Fairest Lord Jesus\u2019 lyrics<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/nothing-but-the-blood-of-jesus-lyrics\/"\">\u2018Nothing but the blood of Jesus\u2019 lyrics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/jesus-paid-it-all-lyrics\/"\">\u2018Jesus paid it all\u2019 lyrics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/jesus-lover-of-my-soul-lyrics\/"\">Jesus, lover of my soul\u2019 lyrics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/i-must-tell-jesus-lyrics\/"\">\u2018I must tell Jesus\u2019 lyrics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/tell-me-the-story-of-jesus-lyrics\/"\">\u2018Tell Me the Story of Jesus\u2019 lyrics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Music Magazine Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am \u2018O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!\u2019 was written by lay preacher and merchant Samuel Trevor Francis. 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