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Download the listening track for Souls of Men! Why Will Ye Scatter by Traditional Hymn, from the album Open Hymnal.

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Verse 1 Souls of men! why will ye scatter like a crowd of frightened sheep? Foolish hearts! why will ye wander from a love so true and deep? Was there ever kinder shepherd half so gentle, half so sweet, As the Savior who would have us come and gather round His feet? Verse 2 It is God, His love looks mighty, but is mighti'r than it seems; 'Tis our Father, and His fondness goes far out beyond our dreams. 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. Verse 3 There is no place where earth's sorrows are more felt than up in Heav'n; There is no place where earth's failings have such wondrous judgment giv'n. There is welcome for the sinner, grace poured out as in a flood There is mercy with the Savior; there is healing in His blood. Verse 4 There is grace enough for thousands of new worlds as great as this; There is room for fresh creations in that upper home of bliss. For the love of God is broader than the measure of man's mind; And the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. Verse 5 There is plentiful redemption in Christ's blood that has been shed; There is joy for all the members in the sorrows of the Head. Not just all we owe to Jesus; it is something more than all; Greater good because of evil, larger mercy through the fall....

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