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Christ in Song 136

Wonderful Love of Jesus

Words: E. H. MinerMusic: E. S. Lorenz

Studio

1In joy - ful high and ho - ly lays, My soul her grateful voice would raise;
But when can song, the weakness might, In the won - der - ful love of light;
In pain I sing and praise today, The wonderful love of Jesus.

RefrainWon - der - ful love! won - der - ful love!
Won - der - ful love! won - der - ful love!
Won - der - ful love of Jesus!

2A joy - by day - a peace by night, My Saviour makes my darkness bright;
With love my heart is fully blessed, And I can find in Jesus rest.

3I joy - ful feel and ho - ly keep, My soul can feel his presence deep;
In joy - ful - or - der - ful love, Won - der - ful love of Jesus.

Used by permission of E. S. Lorenz.

The verse

Meter
16.16.16
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 63% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
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Verse 1

In joy - ful high and ho - ly lays, My soul her grateful voice would raise;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/16A
But when can song, the weakness might, In the won - der - ful love of light;˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/16B
In pain I sing and praise today, The wonderful love of Jesus.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘16C

Verse 2

A joy - by day - a peace by night, My Saviour makes my darkness bright;˘??/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/17A
With love my heart is fully blessed, And I can find in Jesus rest.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/16B

Verse 3

I joy - ful feel and ho - ly keep, My soul can feel his presence deep;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/16A
In joy - ful - or - der - ful love, Won - der - ful love of Jesus.˘?????//˘˘/˘/˘14B

Refrain

Won - der - ful love! won - der - ful love!/˘˘//˘˘/8A
Won - der - ful love! won - der - ful love!/˘˘//˘˘/8A
Won - der - ful love of Jesus!/˘˘/˘/˘7B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.