Journeysongs (2nd ed.) ‎#755

755. 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 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 send this precious peace to my soul, to my soul,
To send this precious peace to 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
• Author: Anon. (adapt.)
• Meter: 12 9 12 12 9
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2003
• Scripture:
  Exodus 3:13-14
• Topic: Eternal Life/Heaven; Love of God for Us; Paschal Mystery; Salvation
• Source: A General Selection of the Newest and Most Admired Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use by Stith Mead (Richmond, VA: Seaton Grantland, 1807)

Tune Information

• Name: WONDROUS LOVE
• Meter: 12 9 12 12 9
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: William Walker's The Southern Harmony, 1835