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Wonderful Story

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: There's a beautiful, wonderful story Refrain First Line: O beautiful, wonderful story Lyrics: 1 There’s a beautiful, wonderful story, So gracious and tenderly true; My soul overfloweth with glory, While telling the story to you. Refrain: O beautiful, wonderful story, Our Savior on Calv’ry was slain; O beautiful, wonderful story, Our Savior is coming again. 2 Our dear Savior, his glory forsaking To suffer for you and for me, Our sins in his own body taking, Redeemed us, and now we are free. [Refrain] 3 All his chosen disciples denied him; For fear, they forsook him and fled; His enemies then crucified him, They buried our Lord with the dead. [Refrain] 4 But death and its gloom he hath banished, Before his great love they have fled; Our fears in his light have all vanished, For Jesus arose from the dead. [Refrain] Topics: Atonement; Christ's coming; Duets; Easter Used With Tune: [There's a beautiful, wonderful story]
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[There's a beautiful, wonderful story]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: R. Frank Lehman Used With Text: Wonderful Story
[There's a beautiful, wonderful story]

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Wonderful Story

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Sunday School Voices #99 (1910) First Line: There's a beautiful, wonderful story Refrain First Line: O beautiful, wonderful story Lyrics: 1 There’s a beautiful, wonderful story, So gracious and tenderly true; My soul overfloweth with glory, While telling the story to you. Refrain: O beautiful, wonderful story, Our Savior on Calv’ry was slain; O beautiful, wonderful story, Our Savior is coming again. 2 Our dear Savior, his glory forsaking To suffer for you and for me, Our sins in his own body taking, Redeemed us, and now we are free. [Refrain] 3 All his chosen disciples denied him; For fear, they forsook him and fled; His enemies then crucified him, They buried our Lord with the dead. [Refrain] 4 But death and its gloom he hath banished, Before his great love they have fled; Our fears in his light have all vanished, For Jesus arose from the dead. [Refrain] Topics: Atonement; Christ's coming; Duets; Easter Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a beautiful, wonderful story]
Wonderful Story

O beautiful, wonderful story

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Treasured Hymns #d182 (1911) First Line: There's a beautiful, wonderful story
O beautiful, wonderful story

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Ada Blenkhorn

1858 - 1927 Author of "Wonderful Story" in Sunday School Voices Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry
Ada Blenkhorn

R. Frank Lehman

1859 - 1931 Composer of "[There's a beautiful, wonderful story]" in Sunday School Voices R. Frank Lehman, 1859-1931 Born: June 21, 1859, Pennsylvania. Died: February 10, 1931. Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lehman’s parents were Robert Jones Lehman and Louisa Weber Lehman. His works include: Uplifted Voices, with Adam Geibel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with Adam Geibel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, with Adam Geibel et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch
R. Frank Lehman
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