It is a thing most wonderful
[Modernised Version]1 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 came to this poor world below,
and wept and toiled, and mourned and died,
only because he loved us so.
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 I sometimes think about the cross,
and shut my eyes, and try to see
the cruel nails, and crown of thorns,
and Jesus crucified for me.
5 But, even could I see him die,
I could but see a little part
of that great love which, like a fire,
is always burning in his heart.
6 How wonderful it is to see
my love for him so faint and poor,
but yet more wonderful to know
his love for me so free and sure.
7 And yet I want to love you, Lord:
O teach me how to grow in grace,
that I may love you more and more
until I see you face to face.
Jubilate Hymns version of 'It is a thing most wonderful', William Walsham How (1823 - 1897)
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