What Wondrous Love Is This

Verse 1
What won­drous love is this, (I John 3:1)
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 (Gal. 3:13)
For my soul, for my soul,
To bear the dread­ful curse
For my soul.

Verse 2
When I was sink­ing down, (Ps. 69:1-2)
Sinking down, sink­ing down,
When I was sink­ing down,
Sinking down,
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.

Verse 3
Ye wing­èd ser­aphs fly, (Isa. 6:2, Rev. 14:6)
Bear the news, bear the news! (Luke 2:10-14)
Ye wing­èd ser­aphs fly,
Bear the news!
Ye wing­èd ser­aphs fly,
Like co­mets through the sky,
Fill vast eter­ni­ty
With the news, with the news!
Fill vast eter­ni­ty
With the news!

Verse 4
Ye friends of Zi­on’s king, (Ps. 2:6, Zech. 9:9, John 15:13-15)
Join His praise, join His praise;
Ye friends of Zion’s king,
Join His praise;
Ye friends of Zion’s king,
With hearts and voic­es sing,
And strike each tune­ful string
In His praise, in His praise! (Ps. 33:2-3, Ps. 149:1-3, Ps. 150:3-4)
And strike each tune­ful string
In His praise!

Verse 5
To God and to the Lamb,
I will sing, I will sing; (Rev. 5:13)
To God and to the Lamb,
I will sing.
To God and to the Lamb
Who is the great I Am; (Ex. 3:14, John 8:58)
While mill­ions join the theme,
I will sing, I will sing;
While mill­ions join the theme, (Rev. 5:11-12)
I will sing.

Verse 6
And when from death I’m free, (I Cor. 15:54-57, Rev. 21:4)
I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free,
I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free,
I’ll sing and joy­ful be;
And through eter­ni­ty,
I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And through eter­ni­ty,
I’ll sing on.

Verse 7
Yes, when to that bright world (Rev. 21:23-24)
We arise, we arise,
Yes, when to that bright world
We arise;
When to that world we go,
Free from all pain and woe, (Isa. 25:8, Rev. 7:14, Rev. 21:4)
We’ll join the hap­py throng,
And sing on, and sing on,
We’ll join the hap­py throng,
And sing on.