Music by Lewis Edson, words by Ann Gilbert
What was it, blessed God,
Led You to give Your Son,
To yield Your well-beloved
For us by sin undone?
Your love unbounded led You thus
To give Your well-beloved for us,
To give Your well-beloved for us.
What led Your Son, O God,
To leave Your throne on high,
To shed His precious blood,
To suffer and to die?
Your love, unbounded love to us,
Led Him to die and suffer thus,
Led Him to die and suffer thus.
What moved You to impart
Your Spirit from above,
Therewith to fill our hearts
With heavenly peace and love?
Your love, unbounded love to us,
Moved You to give Your Spirit thus,
Moved You to give Your Spirit thus.
What love to You we owe,
Our God, for all Your grace!
Our hearts should overflow
In everlasting praise!
We join, O Lord, to praise You thus,
For all Your boundless love to us,
For all Your boundless love to us!