Hymns to the Living God ‎#155

155. What Wondrous Love Is This

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

2 When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down, O my soul!
When I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.

3 To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing;
to God and to the Lamb, I will sing.
To God and to the Lamb who is the great "I AM,"
while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,
while millions join the theme, I will sing.

Text Information

• First Line: What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
• Title: What Wondrous Love Is This
• Meter: 12.9.12.12.9
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2017
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Suffering and Death
• Source: American folk hymn; Stith Mead's General Selection, 1811

Tune Information

• Name: WONDROUS LOVE
• Meter: 12.9.12.12.9
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: William Walker's Southern Harmony,/cite>, 2nd ed., 1840