Everlasting Love

Wondrous words, how rich in blessing

Author: Mary D. James
Tune: [Wondrous words, how rich in blessing] (Knapp)
Published in 10 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Wondrous words! how rich in blessing!
Deeper than th’unfathomed sea;
Broader than its world of waters,
Boundless, infinite and free;
Higher than the heavens above,
Is that everlasting love;
Higher than the heavens above,
Is that everlasting love.

2 Down to lowest depths it reaches—
The all-loving Father’s arm,
T’ward his rebel children yearning,
Drawing them with magic charm;
Till the yielding spirits move,
Touched by everlasting love;
Till the yielding spirits move,
Touched by everlasting love.

3 Weary spirits—sad with toiling,
‘Mid the sorrows of life’s way—
Feel their heavy burdens lightened,
As they journey day by day.
How with quickened steps they move,
Cheered by everlasting love;
How with quickened steps they move,
Cheered by everlasting love.

4 I have set thee as a signet,
Graven on my hands thy name;
Lo, I still am with thee always,
Evermore thy Friend—the same;
Never changing—thou wilt prove
Mind is everlasting love;
Never changing—thou wilt prove
Mind is everlasting love.

5 In my house of many mansions
I’ve prepared a place for thee,
Where are no dark clouds or tempests
Where I am, there thou shalt be—
All the untold bliss to prove,
Of my everlasting love;
All the untold bliss to prove,
Of my everlasting love.

Source: The Ark of Praise #6

Author: Mary D. James

Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Wondrous words, how rich in blessing
Title: Everlasting Love
Author: Mary D. James
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gospel Gems #d184

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Hymns of Faith and Love #164

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Sacred Songs & Solos #307

Sacred Songs and Solos #307

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The Ark of Praise #6

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The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #167

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The Emory Hymnal No. 2 #30

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The Epworth Hymnal #100

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The New Song #65

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The Quartet #338

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