Lutheran Service Book ‎#543

543. 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 His 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 66 12 9
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  1 John 4:7-10
  ;
  Revelation 5:6-13
  ;
  John 8:58
• Topic: Redeemer; Children's Songs
• Source: A General Selection of...Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Lynchburg, 1811, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: WONDROUS LOVE
• Arranger: Donald A. Busarow, b. 1934
• Meter: 12 9 66 12 9
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: Southern Harmony, New Haven, 1835
• Copyright: Setting © 1978, Lutheran Book of Worship