Hymn
The Pardoning God
Great God of wonders! all thy ways
Are matchless, godlike, and divine;
But thy fair glories of thy grace,
More godlike and unrivall'd shine:
Who is a pardoning God like thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
Crimes of such horror to forgive,
Such guilty daring worms to spare;
This is thy grand prerogative,
And none shall in the honour share:
Who is a pardoning God like thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
Angels and men resign their claim
To pity, mercy, love, and grace,
These glories crown Jehovah's name
With an incomparable blaze:
Who is a pardoning God like thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
In wonder lost, with trembling joy,
We take the pardon of our God,
Pardon for crimes of deepest dye;
A pardon seal'd with Jesus' blood:
Who is a pardoning God like thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
O may this strange, this matchless grace,
This godlike miracle of love,
Teach mortal tongues, like those above,
Fill the wide earth with grateful praise,
Who is a pardoning God like thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
The Pardoning God — Text from Hymns, Selected and Original, 1828. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-pardoning-god
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Pardoning God?
The words of The Pardoning God were written by Samuel Davies; the version here was published in 1828. The library also holds Self-dedication, another hymn by Samuel Davies.
Is The Pardoning God public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Hymns, Selected and Original, published in 1828. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Pardoning God?
The Pardoning God is in 8.8.8.8.8.8. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, I love the volume of Thy Word, Praise to God for His Goodness and Truth and Wrestling Jacob.