7. Hymn: Workman Of God! O Lose Not Heart

Workman Of God! O Lose Not Heart

Author: F. W. Faber 

1. Workman of God! O lose not heart,
    But learn what God is like;
    And in the darkest battlefield
    Thou shalt know where to strike.

2. Thrice blest is he to whom is giv’n
    The instinct that can tell
    That God is on the field, when
    He Is most invisible.

3. Blest too is he who can divine
    Where real right doth lie,
    And dares to take the side that seems
    Wrong to man’s blindfold eye.

4. Then learn to scorn the praise of men,
    And learn to lose with God;
    For Jesus won the world through shame,
    And beckons thee His road.

5. For right is right, since God is God,
    And right the day must win;
    To doubt would be disloyalty,
    To falter would be sin.

39. Hymn: There's A Wideness In God's Mercy

There's A Wideness In God's Mercy

Author: F. W. Faber

Tune: ST. HELENA, by Calvin Hampton

(Vocal)

1. There's a wideness in God's mercy, 

    Like the wideness of the sea, 

    There's a kindness in His justice, 

    Which is more than liberty.  

2. There is welcome for the sinner, 

    And more graces for the good; 

    There is mercy with the Savior, 

    There is healing in His blood.  

3. There is no place where earth's sorrows 

    Are more felt than up in heaven. 

    There is no place where earth's failings 

    Have such kindly judgment given.

4. There is plentiful redemption 

    In the Blood that has been shed; 

    There is joy for all the members 

    In the sorrows of the Head.

5. But we make His love too narrow 

    By false limits of our own; 

    And we magnify His strictness 

    With a zeal He will not own.

6. For the love of God is broader 

    Than the measures of man's mind; 

    And the heart of the Eternal; 

    Is most wonderfully kind.  

7. If our love were but more simple, 

    We should take Him at His word, 

    And our lives be all sunshine 

    In the sweetness of our Lord.