His Wondrous Love

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How my soul with holy rapture thrills

Author: Avis B. Christiansen
Tune: [How my soul with holy rapture thrills]
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 How my soul with holy rapture thrills,
When I think of Jesus’ love for me!
And my heart with adoration fills,
Thinking now of dark Calvary.

Chorus:
Love! Love! Wondrous love divine!
Love! Love! Jesus’ love is mine!
Love! Love! Boundless, full and free!
Jesus’ wondrous love for me.

2 Tho’ unworthy of His love and grace,
Jesus sought me in my guilt and sin;
And upon the cross He took my place,
There my pardon complete to win. [Chorus]

3 All the love I have to offer Him
A reflection weak can only be,
Of His glorious love that dwells within,
Since from sin He has made me free. [Chorus]

Source: Favorite Hymns #29

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Author: Avis B. Christiansen

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary Go to person page >

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First Line:	How my soul with holy rapture thrills
Title:	His Wondrous Love
Author:	Avis B. Christiansen
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Love, love, wondrous love divine
Publication Date:	1925
Copyright:	Public Domain