O Listen To The Wondrous Story
- Words:
- James M. Gray
- Music:
- William Owen
Sheet music
- 1O listen to our wondrous story,Counted once among the lost:Yet, One came down from heaven’s glory,Saving us at awful cost!Who saved us from eternal loss?(Who but God’s Son upon the cross?)What did He do?(He died for you!)Where is He now?(Believe it thou,)In heaven interceding!
- 2No angel could His place have taken,Highest of the high tho He;The loved One on the cross forsakenWas one of the Godhead three!Who saved us from eternal loss?(Who but God’s Son upon the cross?)What did He do?(He died for you!)Where is He now?(Believe it thou,)In heaven interceding!
- 3And yet this wondrous tale proceedeth,Stirring heart and tongue aflame!As our High Priest in heav’n He pleadeth,And Christ Jesus is His name!Who saved us from eternal loss?(Who but God’s Son upon the cross?)What did He do?(He died for you!)Where is He now?(Believe it thou,)In heaven interceding!
- 4Will you surrender to this Savior?To His scepter humbly bow?You, too, shall come to know His favor,He will save you, save you now.Who saved us from eternal loss?(Who but God’s Son upon the cross?)What did He do?(He died for you!)Where is He now?(Believe it thou,)In heaven interceding!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1903, the words are in 269 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.