What Did He Do?

O listen to our wondrous story

Author: James M. Gray
Tune: [O listen to our wondrous story]
Published in 196 hymnals

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1 O listen to our wondrous story,
Counted once among the lost;
Yet One came down from heaven's glory,
Saving us at awful cost.

Refrain:
Who saved us from eternal loss?
What did He do? Where is He now?
In heaven interceding!

2 No angel could His place have taken,
Highest of the high tho' he;
The loved One on the cross forsaken
Was One of the Godhead three! [Refrain]

3 Will you surrender to this Savior?
To His scepter humbly bow;
You, too, shall come to know His favor,
He will save you, save you now. [Refrain]


Source: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #180

Author: James M. Gray

Born: May 11, 1851, New York City. Died: September 21, 1935, Passavant Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. Gray accepted Christ at age 22. He was educated at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (Doctor of Divinity), and the University of Des Moines, Iowa (Doctor of Laws). In 1879 he became Rector of the First Reformed Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served 14 years. He then became dean (1904-25) and president (1925-34) of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, and directed publication of four editions (1921-28) of the Voice of Thanksgiving, official hymnal of the Institute. A conservative theologian, Gray was one of seven editors of the popular Scofield Reference Bible. He was… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O listen to our wondrous story
Title: What Did He Do?
Author: James M. Gray
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Who saved us from eternal loss
Copyright: Public Domain

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Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #554

Living Hymns #148

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #157

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #482

Sacred Selections for the Church #146

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #180

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Small Church Music #1270

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Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #268

The Christian Harmony #60

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The Cyber Hymnal #7159

Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems #29b

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