Wondrous, Wondrous Love

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Swifter than bird in the flight

Author: Flora Kirkland
Tune: [Swifter than bird in the flight]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Swifter than bird in the flight,
Swifter than passage of light,
Cometh God’s love,
Sent from above,
Making our pathway bright.

Chorus:
Wondrous, wondrous love untold,
Better far than gems or gold,
Light to cheer us on,
Till our journey’s done,
Guiding to the heav’nly fold.

2 Look, child of God, to the sky,
Jesus attendeth your cry;
Tell him your care,
Trust him to share;
He at your call comes nigh. [Chorus]

3 Father, Thy mercy we prove;
Jesus, we trust in Thy love;
Spirit of light,
Working in might,
Blessing us from above. [Chorus]

Source: Inspiring Songs No. 1: for the Sunday school #65

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Author: Flora Kirkland

Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Swifter than bird in the flight
Title:	Wondrous, Wondrous Love
Author:	Flora Kirkland
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Wondrous, wondrous love untold
Publication Date:	1906
Copyright:	Public Domain