633    L.M.     W. Gadsby
“Having loved his own ... he loved them unto the end.” John 13. 1

1 The love of Christ is rich and free;
  Fixed on his own eternally;
  Nor earth, nor hell, can it remove;
  Long as he lives, his own he’ll love.

2 His loving heart engaged to be
  Their everlasting Surety;
  ’Twas love that took their cause in hand,
  And love maintains it to the end.

3 Love cannot from its post withdraw;
  Nor death, nor hell, nor sin, nor law,
  Can turn the Surety’s heart away;
  He’ll love his own to endless day.

4 [Love has redeemed his sheep with blood;
  And love will bring them safe to God;
  Love calls them all from death to life;
  And love will finish all their strife.]

5 He loves through every changing scene,
  Nor aught can him from Zion wean;
  Not all the wanderings of her heart
  Can make his love from her depart.

6 At death, beyond the grave, he’ll love;
  In endless bliss, his own shall prove
  The blazing glory of that love
  Which never could from them remove.