Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#183

183. What Wondrous Love Is This

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: 1998
• Source: Appalachian folk hymn, Stith Mead's A General Selection of the Newest and Most Admired Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use, 1811, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: WONDROUS LOVE
• Meter: 12 9.12 12 9
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: Appalachian folk hymn, Walker's Southern Harmony, c. 1835; Harm. FCC, 1997
• Copyright: Harm. © 1998 FCC Houston TX

Text Information:

Both words and tune are from the vibrant southern Appalachian tradition, largely Baptist, that has been neglected by traditional churches until this generation