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Text:Great God of Wonders!
Author:Samuel Davies, 1723-1761
Tune:SOVEREIGNTY (OR WONDERS)
Composer:John Newton, 1725-1807
Media:MIDI file

82. Great God of Wonders!

1 Great God of wonders! all thy ways
are matchless, godlike and divine;
but the fair glories of thy grace
more godlike and unrivaled shine,
more godlike and unrivaled shine.

Refrain:
Who is a pard'ning God like thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
Or who has grace so rich and free?

2 In wonder lost, with trembling joy
we take the pardon of our God;
pardon for crimes of deepest dye,
a pardon bought with Jesus' blood,
a pardon bought with Jesus' blood. [Refrain]

3 O may this strange, this matchless grace,
this God-like miracle of love,
fill the whole earth with grateful praise,
and all th'angelic choirs above,
and all th'angelic choirs above. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Great God of wonders!
Title: Great God of Wonders!
Author: Samuel Davies, 1723-1761 (Alt. 1961)
Refrain First Line: Who is a pardoning God like thee?
Meter: L.M.rep.ref
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Topic: God: His Faithfulness; Forgiveness of Sins; Grace: Fullness of
Tune Information
Name: SOVEREIGNTY (OR WONDERS)
Composer: John Newton, 1725-1807
Meter: L.M.rep.ref
Key: D Major



Media
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