The Song Of Wonderful Love
- Words:
- Eben E. Rexford
- Music:
- Samuel W. Beazley
Sheet music
- 1Wonderful, wonderful,Jesus bore Calv'ry's cross for me!Said to the sinner, go sin no more,From your sins set free!Over and over the song I singOf redeeming love,Love of the Savior who rules as King,In the realms above.Wonderful, wonderful is the Savior's love,(Wonderful, wonderful is the Savior's love,)Wonderful, wonderful, sent from heav'n above,(Wonderful, wonderful, sent from heav’n above,)Pleading love, pard’ning love, that with time began;(Pleading love, pard’ning love, that with time began,)Seeking love, saving love,(Seeking love, saving love,)God's best gift to man.
- 2Wonderful, wonderful,Why should He, God's beloved Son,Care for a sinner, like you and me,He the sinless One?Over and over one song I singAs thru life I go,Ever the tho't thru my soul will ring,Jesus loved me so.Wonderful, wonderful is the Savior's love,(Wonderful, wonderful is the Savior's love,)Wonderful, wonderful, sent from heav'n above,(Wonderful, wonderful, sent from heav’n above,)Pleading love, pard’ning love, that with time began;(Pleading love, pard’ning love, that with time began,)Seeking love, saving love,(Seeking love, saving love,)God's best gift to man.
- 3Wonderful, wonderful,Sing with me, Jesus died for all!He from the shackles of sin set free,Those who heed His call.Over and over the song I'll singTill I see His face,Then how the anthem of joy will ring,Saved, O saved by grace.Wonderful, wonderful is the Savior's love,(Wonderful, wonderful is the Savior's love,)Wonderful, wonderful, sent from heav'n above,(Wonderful, wonderful, sent from heav’n above,)Pleading love, pard’ning love, that with time began;(Pleading love, pard’ning love, that with time began,)Seeking love, saving love,(Seeking love, saving love,)God's best gift to man.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1913, the words are in 25 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.