The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15108

15108. Dear Lord, How Wondrous Is Thy Love

1 Dear Lord, how wondrous is Thy love
To such unworthy worms as we!
Thou hast sent down the heav’nly Dove,
To set our souls at liberty.

2 We that were doomed to woe and pain,
Exposed to death of every kind,
Thro’ Jesus Christ, the Lamb once slain,
Do life, and peace, and pardon find.

3 Shall we forget our Savior’s grace,
Who died to save our guilty souls,
And bring us to His Father’s face,
Where endless peace and pleasure rolls?

4 Forbid, O Lord, each wandering thought,
May Christ be all in our esteem;
Let earthly things be all forgot,
And counted loss, compared with Him.

5 Lord Jesus, make us bear in mind
Thy rich, Thy pure redeeming love,
Till we shall be for ever joined
With those that sing Thy praise above.

6 Then shall we stand before Thy face,
And shout with all the ransomed throng;
Our cry shall be "Free grace, free grace,"
While endless ages roll along.

Text Information

• First Line: Dear Lord, how wondrous is Thy love
• Title: Dear Lord, How Wondrous Is Thy Love
• Author: Anonymous
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: The Christian's Duty (Germantown, PA: Peter Leibert, 1801)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR, adapted by Michael Praetorius; RUSSIA adapted by Dmitri S. Bortniansky

Tune Information

• Name: PALMER
• Composer: D. M. Click
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Gospel Songs and Hymns No. 1 by George B. Holsinger (Bridgewater, VA: Brethren Publishing House, 1898)
• Copyright: Public Domain