171. What Wondrous Love Is This

1 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul.

2 When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.

3 To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing:
to God and to the Lamb, I will sing.
To God and to the Lamb Who is the great "I Am,"
while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing:
while millions join the theme, I will sing.

4 And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free I’ll sing and joyful be;
and through eternity, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
and through eternity, I’ll sing on.

Text Information
First Line: What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul
Title: What Wondrous Love Is This
Meter: 12.9.12.12.9
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: God the Son: Lent; Eternal Life; Jesus Christ-Love For Us
Source: Stith Mead's General Selections, 1811
Tune Information
Name: WONDROUS LOVE
Arranger: William J. Reynolds (1975)
Meter: 12.9.12.12.9
Key: d minor or modal
Source: William Walker's Southern Harmony, 2nd ed., 1840



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