It Is a Thing Most Wonderful
Words: William Walsham How · Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams · 1872
Verse 1
It is a thing most wonderful,
almost too wonderful to be,
that God's own Son should come from heav'n,
and die to save a child like me.
Verse 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.
Verse 3
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.
Verse 4
And yet I want to love thee, Lord;
oh, light the flame within my heart,
and I will love thee more and more,
until I see thee as thou art.
Words: William Walsham How, 1872, rev. 1883 | Music: English folk melody; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
John 3; Romans 5; 1 Corinthians 1; Philippians 1; 1 John 4
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