The Old Story in Song ‎#20

20. Christ-Likeness

1 What wonderful, wonderful mercy is this!
God wants us to be like him here;
In love and in purity like as he is,
God wants us to be like him here.

Refrain:
Wonderful! ’tis wonderful!
That mortals his likeness should bear;
Yet this is his will for you and for me,
God wants us to be like him here.

2 “Be holy (said Jesus,) for holy am I,”
God wants us to be like him here;
And grace all sufficient will freely supply,
God wants us to be like him here.

3 With love that endureth, and hopeth all things,
God wants us to be like him here;
And faith which in trial triumphantly sings,
God wants us to be like him here. [Refrain]

4 See millions now struggling in sin’s awful night,
God wants us to be like him here;
That we may win many from darkness to light,
God wants us to be like him here. [Refrain]

5 O penitent brother, get under the blood,
God wants us to be like him here;
There’s wonderful virtue in Calvary’s flood,
We all may become like him here. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: What wonderful, wonderful mercy is this
• Title: Christ-Likeness
• Author: Mrs. C. H. M.
• Refrain First Line: Wonderful! ’tis wonderful
• Publication Date: 1906
• Copyright: © 1903 by H. I. Gilmour, Wenonah, NJ
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [What wonderful, wonderful mercy is this]
• Composer: Mrs. C. H. Morris
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: © 1903 by H. I. Gilmour, Wenonah, NJ
• Notes: Now Public Domain