Wonderful Grace of Jesus

Top Media Text Author Text Info Tune Timeline Arrangements Page Scans Instances

Wonderful grace of Jesus

Author: Haldor Lillenas (1918)
Tune: WONDERFUL GRACE (Lillenas)
Published in 109 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Piano/Organ
	Festive Hymns for Four Hands (Dynamic Fa…

Choral
	LET'S SING

PowerPoint
	WONDERFUL GRACE OF JESUS (Baptist Hymnal…

Representative Text

1 Wonderful grace of Jesus,
greater than all my sin;
how shall my tongue describe it,
where shall its praise begin?
Taking away my burden,
setting my spirit free,
for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me.

Refrain:
Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus,
deeper than the mighty rolling sea,
higher than the mountain, sparkling like a fountain,
all sufficient grace for even me;
broader than the scope of my transgressions, sing it!
greater far than all my sin and shame.
O magnify the precious name of Jesus, praise his name!

2 Wonderful grace of Jesus,
reaching to all the lost,
by it I have been pardoned,
saved to the uttermost.
Chains have been torn asunder,
giving me liberty,
for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. [Refrain]

3 Wonderful grace of Jesus,
reaching the most reviled,
by its transforming power
making me God’s dear child,
purchasing peace and heaven
for all eternity,
for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. [Refrain]

Source: Voices Together #170

All representative texts • Compare texts ^ top

Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

^ top

Related Texts

First Line:	Wonderful grace of Jesus
Title:	Wonderful Grace of Jesus
Author:	Haldor Lillenas (1918)
Meter:	Irregular
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus
Publication Date:	1918
Notes:	Spanish translation: See "Maravillosa gracia vino Jesús a dar" by W. Roberto Adell
Copyright:	Public Domain