| 1895 | The Cyber Hymnal#1896 | 1897 |
| Text: | God Loved the World |
| Author: | Martha Matilda Stockton |
| Tune: | [God loved the world of sinners lost] |
| Composer: | William Gustavus Fischer |
| Media: | MIDI file |
1. God loved the world of sinners lost,
And ruined by the fall;
Salvation full, at highest cost,
He offers free to all.
Refrain
O ’twas love, ’twas wondrous love,
The love of God to me;
It brought my Savior from above,
To die on Calvary!
2. E’en now by faith I claim Him mine,
The risen Son of God;
Redemption by His death I find,
And cleansing through the blood. [Refrain]
3. Love brings the glorious fullness in,
And to His saints makes known
The blessèd rest from inbred sin,
Through faith in Christ alone. [Refrain]
4. Believing souls, rejoicing go;
There shall to you be giv’n
A glorious foretaste, here below,
Of endless life in Heav’n. [Refrain]
5. Of victory now o’er Satan’s power
Let all the ransomed sing,
And triumph in the dying hour
Through Christ, the Lord, our King. [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | God loved the world of sinners lost |
| Title: | God Loved the World |
| Author: | Martha Matilda Stockton (ca. 1871) |
| Refrain First Line: | O 'twas love, 'twas wondrous love |
| Language: | English |
| Source: | Voice of Praise, edited by Ebenezer T. Baird and Charles C. Converse (shown by his pseudonym, Karl Redan), 1872 |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Notes: | The words were reportedly inspired by an American Indian woman's story of a Canadian missionary bringing the Gospel to her village. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | [God loved the world of sinners lost] |
| Composer: | William Gustavus Fischer |
| Incipit: | 11356 53211 44665 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
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| Adobe Acrobat image: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| MIDI file: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
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