If only the righteous go in through the Lord's gate

If only the righteous go in through the Lord's gate
then who can be rescued, yes who can be saved?
Can love be so gracious to those who are needy,
to bring them salvation, all penalties waived?

God's loving is boundless toward all the people,
the love of a parent when children are lost;
this love is beyond human wisdom and knowledge,
a love that will bear with immeasurable cost.

Verse 3 follows

Tune: ST CATHERINE’S COURT
Metre: 12.11.12.11

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)

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