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SDA Hymnal 162

Wondrous Love

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1What wondrous love is this, 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 for my soul, for my soul,
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul?

2To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb, Who is the great I AM,
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,
While millions join the theme, I will sing.

3And when from death I'm free, 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.

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Meter: 4/4

The verse

Meter: 12.9.12.12.9
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 54% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABAA

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Verse 1

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul?˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/12A

What wondrous love is this, O my soul?˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/9A

What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/12B

To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/12A

To bear the dreadful curse for my soul?˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9A

Verse 2

To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing;˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/12A

To God and to the Lamb I will sing;˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/9A

To God and to the Lamb, Who is the great I AM,˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘12B

While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,//˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/12A

While millions join the theme, I will sing.//˘/˘/˘˘/9A

Verse 3

And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on, I'll sing on;˘/˘/////˘//˘12A

And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on;˘/˘/////˘9A

And when from death I'm free, I'll sing and joyful be,˘/˘/////˘/˘˘12B

And through eternity I'll sing on, I'll sing on,˘/˘/˘˘//˘//˘12A

And through eternity I'll sing on.˘/˘/˘˘//˘9A

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.