Wondrous Love

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God loved the world of sinners lost

Author: Martha M. Stockton
Tune: [God loved the world of sinners lost]
Published in 138 hymnals

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1 God loved the world of sinners lost
And ruined by the fall;
Salvation full, at highest cost,
He offers free to all.

Refrain:
O ‘twas love, ‘twas wondrous love,
The love of God to me;
It brought my Saviour from above,
To die on Calvary!

2 E’en now by faith I claim him mine,
The risen Son of God;
Redemption by his death I find,
And cleansing through the blood.

3 Love brings the glorious fulness in,
And to his saints makes known
The blessèd rest from inbred sin,
Through faith in Christ alone.

4 Believing souls, rejoicing go;
There shall to you be given
A glorious foretaste, here below,
Of endless life in Heaven.

Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #46

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Author: Martha M. Stockton

Mrs. Martha Matilda (Brustar) Stockton, wife of Rev. W. C. Stockton of Ocean City, Cape May, N.J., born June 11, 1821 English Hymns: Their Authors and History, 1886 by Samuel Willoughby Duffield… Go to person page >

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First Line:	God loved the world of sinners lost
Title:	Wondrous Love
Author:	Martha M. Stockton
Meter:	8.6.8.6 with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O, 'twas love, 'twas wondrous love!
Copyright:	Public Domain