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252. What Wondrous Love Is This

1.
What wondrous love is this, oh! my soul! oh! my soul!
What wondrous love is this, oh! 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.

Text Information
First Line: What wondrous love is this, oh! my soul!
Title: What Wondrous Love Is This
Meter: 12, 9, 6, 6, 12, 9
Language: English
Publication Date: 1854
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: WONDROUS LOVE
Composer: Christopher
Meter: 12, 9, 6, 6, 12, 9
Incipit: 11724 54211 72576
Notes: Public Domain.



Media
Audio recording: Alabama Sacred Harp
©APAD Digital Recordings
MIDI file: WondrousLove.midi
More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages.

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