666. 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 God's love for me,
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 6 6 12 9
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Topic: Witness; Freedom; Judgment (1 more...)
Source: North American folk hymn, 19th cent., alt.
Tune Information
Name: WONDROUS LOVE
Arranger: Paul J. Christiansen, 1914-1997 (alt.)
Meter: 12 9 6 6 12 9
Key: d minor or modal
Source: W. Walker, southern Harmony, 1835
Copyright: Arr. © 1955 Augsburg Publishing House



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