Home › Hymns › Son of God, 'twas love that made Thee
Believers Hymn Book · No. 250 · Words: Anonymous · Tune: Saphir
Son of God, 'twas love that made Thee
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A Plymouth Brethren devotional hymn meditating on Christ's atoning death, resurrection, ascension, and present intercession for the Church. The anonymous text reflects classic 19th-century evangelical theology centered on substitutionary atonement and the believer's future hope.
Verse 1
Son of God, 'twas love that made Thee
Die, our ruined souls to save;
'Twas our sins' vast load that laid Thee,
Lord of Life, within the grave;
But Thy glorious resurrection
Showed Thee conqueror o'er the tomb;
So the saints by Thy protection
Through Thy work shall overcome.
Verse 2
Thou to heaven hast now ascended,
Ent'ring there by Thine own blood;
All Thy work of suff'ring ended,
Fully wrought the will of God.
For Thy Church Thou still art caring,
For us pleading in Thy love;
And our place of rest preparing
In the Father's house above.
Verse 3
Now the Holy Ghost doth gather
Unto God Thy people here;
We, as sons, cry, "Abba, Father!"
His great love excluding fear:
What a debt of love we owe Thee,
Love that we can ne'er express,
Since we, through the Spirit, know Thee,
Christ the Lord, our righteousness.
Appears in these collections
Son of God, 'twas love that made Thee is in the public domain. Make a free PowerPoint, PDF, or image set for church projection with Song Slides — no signup.