Hymn of the Week

Starting now, each week I will post a hymn and talk some about it. It helps me to rediscover the hymns that forgot all about, such as this one, What Wondrous Love Is This. There is no information on the author of these beautiful lyrics but that it is an American folk hymn. The tune is incredibly beautiful and fits the theme of the words perfectly. Surely what wondrous love is this, that my King would bear the curse of death and the wrath of God for my soul?

What 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!

To 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!

And 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!