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145:It is a thing most wonderful

Tunes: Alstone, 1
She's like the swallow, 39
Meter: Long Meter

IT is a thing most wonderful,
Almost too wonderful to be,
That God?s own Son should come from Heaven,
And die to save a child like me.

2 And yet I know that it is true;
He chose a poor and humble lot,
And wept and toiled and mourned and died
For love of those who loved him not.

3 I cannot tell how he could love
A child so weak and full of sin;
His love must be most wonderful,
If he could die my love to win.

4 It is most wonderful to know
His love for me so free and sure;
But ?tis more wonderful to see
My love for him so faint and poor.

5 And yet I want to love thee, Lord;
O light the flame within my heart,
And I will love thee more and more,
Until I see thee as thou art.

William Walsham

Bible reference

1 Timothy 1:15 (Key verse)

Isaiah 53:3


Tunes linked to this song


1:Alstone

1:Alstone

Composer: Christopher Edwin Cumming
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

39:She's like the swallow

39:She's like the swallow

Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

49 other metrical matches

2: And above the rest

2: And above the rest

Composer: Ranter Tune
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

3: Angelus

3: Angelus

Composer: Georg
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

4: Armadale

4: Armadale

Composer: Lily H
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

5: Beethoven

5: Beethoven

Composer: William
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

6: Behold me standing at the door

6: Behold me standing at the door

Composer: Phoebe Palmer
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

7: Benediction

7: Benediction

Composer: William
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

8: By his hand

8: By his hand

Composer: Thomas
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Meter: Long Meter

9: Calvary

9: Calvary

Composer: John Robson
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

10: Deep Harmony

10: Deep Harmony

Composer: Handel
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

11: Duke Street

11: Duke Street

Composer: John
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

12: Ernan

12: Ernan

Composer: Lowell
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

13: Harton-Lea

13: Harton-Lea

Composer: George
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Meter: Long Meter

14: He leadeth me!

14: He leadeth me!

Composer: William Batchelder
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

15: Here at the cross

15: Here at the cross

Composer: Bramwell
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

16: Hereford

16: Hereford

Composer: Samuel Sebastian
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

17: How much more

17: How much more

Composer: John
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

18: Hursley

18: Hursley

Composer: From: Katholisches Gesangbuch 1780
Metronome: 0
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19: I dare to be different

19: I dare to be different

Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

20: I love him better every day

20: I love him better every day

Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

21: I'll serve my Lord alone

21: I'll serve my Lord alone

Composer: Bentley Deforest
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

22: It was on the cross

22: It was on the cross

Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

23: Lambton Green

23: Lambton Green

Composer: Robert
Metronome: 0
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24: Llangollen

24: Llangollen

Composer: Welsh Hymn melody
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

25: Maryland

25: Maryland

Composer: Alexander
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

26: Maryton

26: Maryton

Composer: Henry Percy
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

27: Melcombe

27: Melcombe

Composer: Samuel
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

28: Morning Hymn

28: Morning Hymn

Composer: Francois Hippolyte
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

29: O happy day

29: O happy day

Composer: Edward Francis
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

30: O waly, waly

30: O waly, waly

Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

31: Old Hundredth

31: Old Hundredth

Composer: Louis
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

32: Passing By

32: Passing By

Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

33: Pentecost

33: Pentecost

Composer: William
Metronome: 0
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34: Retreat

34: Retreat

Composer: Thomas
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35: Rimington

35: Rimington

Composer: Francis
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Meter: Long Meter

36: Rockingham

36: Rockingham

Composer: Edward
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

37: Samson

37: Samson

Metronome: 0
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38: Saved by grace

38: Saved by grace

Composer: George Cole
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

40: Silver Hill

40: Silver Hill

Composer: Alan
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

41: Simeon

41: Simeon

Composer: Samuel
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

42: St Clements

42: St Clements

Composer: Clement Cotterill
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

43: St Francis

43: St Francis

Composer: From: Geistliche Kirchengersang 1623
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

44: Tallis

44: Tallis

Composer: Thomas
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

45: Thou art enough for me

45: Thou art enough for me

Composer: Richard
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

46: To heal the broken heart

46: To heal the broken heart

Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

47: Truro

47: Truro

Composer: From: Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

48: Wareham

48: Wareham

Composer: William
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

49: Warrington

49: Warrington

Composer: Ralph
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

50: Will your anchor hold?

50: Will your anchor hold?

Composer: William James
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter

51: Winchester New

51: Winchester New

Composer: From: Hamburgher Musikalisches Handbuch, 1690
Metronome: 0
Meter: Long Meter



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