John Stainer's a capella anthem is a choral standard that will certainly stand the test of time. The setting of John 3:16-17 is both thoughtful and powerful.
The piece should be performed with feeling, and with considerable latitude in tempo and great dynamic variance. Since this item is offered for download and the choir director will make his or her own copies, it is easy enough to mark it the way you want it before distribution to your group.
GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, John Stainer's SATB a cappella anthem, comes in a PDF file of 274K that contains an eight page score plus a license page, nine pages in all. Performance time should be around 2:45.