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SDA Hymnal 335

What a Wonderful Savior

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1Christ has for sin atonement made,
What a wonderful Savior! We
are redeemed! the price is paid!
What a wonderful Savior!

RefrainWhat a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus!
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Lord!

2I praise Him for the cleansing blood,
What a wonderful Savior! That
reconciled my soul to God;
What a wonderful Savior!

3He walks beside me all the way,
What a wonderful Savior! That
keeps me faithful day by day;
What a wonderful Savior!

4He gives me overcoming power,
What a wonderful Savior! And
triumph in each trying hour;
What a wonderful Savior!

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The verse

Meter
8.8.7.7
Foot
anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 41% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Christ has for sin atonement made,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
What a wonderful Savior! We˘˘/˘˘/˘˘8B
are redeemed! the price is paid!˘˘/˘/˘/7A
What a wonderful Savior!˘˘/˘˘/˘7C

Verse 2

I praise Him for the cleansing blood,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A
What a wonderful Savior! That˘˘/˘˘/˘˘8B
reconciled my soul to God;/˘/˘/˘/7C
What a wonderful Savior!˘˘/˘˘/˘7D

Verse 3

He walks beside me all the way,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
What a wonderful Savior! That˘˘/˘˘/˘˘8B
keeps me faithful day by day;/˘/˘/˘/7A
What a wonderful Savior!˘˘/˘˘/˘7C

Verse 4

He gives me overcoming power,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘9A
What a wonderful Savior! And˘˘/˘˘/˘˘8B
triumph in each trying hour;/˘˘//˘/˘8A
What a wonderful Savior!˘˘/˘˘/˘7C

Refrain

What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus!˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘13A
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Lord!˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/12B

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.