WHAT WONDROUS LOVE
Sung by: Almeda Riddle
Recorded in Miller, AR 9/10/60

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What a wondrous love is this,
Oh my soul, oh my soul?
What a wondrous love is this,
Oh my soul?
What a wondrous love is this,
That caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the sinful curse
For my soul, for my soul?
To bear the dreadful curse
For my soul?

When I was sinking down,
Sinking down, sinking down.
When I was sinking down,
Sinking down.
When I was sinking down
Beneath God's righteous frown,
Christ laid aside his crown
For my soul, for my soul.
Christ laid aside his crown
For my soul.

Ye winged seraphs fly,
Bear the news, bear the news.
Ye winged seraphs fly,
Bear the news.
Ye winged seraphs fly,
Like comets through the sky.
Fill vast eternity
With the news, with the news.
Fill vast eternity
With the news.

To God and to his lamb
I will sing, I will sing.
To God and to his lamb
I will sing.
To God and to the lamb,
Unto the great I Am,
While millions join the theme,
I'll sing on, I'll sing on.
While millions join the theme,
I'll sing on.

Ye friends of Zion's king,
Join the praise, join the praise.
Ye friends of Zion's king,
Join the praise.
Ye friends of Zion's king
With hearts and voices sing.
And strike each tuneful string
In his praise, in his praise.
And strike each tuneful string
In his praise.

All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted

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Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
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