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Text:Wonderful Peace (Cornell)
Author:Warren D. Cornell
Tune:[Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight]
Composer: Will­iam Gustin Coo­per
Media:MIDI file

7606. Wonderful Peace (Cornell)

1. Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;
In celestial-like strains it unceasingly falls
O'er my soul like an infinite calm.

Refrain:
Peace, peace, wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above!
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray
In fathomless billows of love!

2. What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace,
Buried deep in the heart of my soul,
So secure that no power can mine it away,
While the years of eternity roll! [Refrain]

3. I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,
Resting sweetly in Jesus’ control;
For I’m kept from all danger by night and by day,
And His glory is flooding my soul! [Refrain]

4. And I think when I rise to that city of peace,
Where the Anchor of peace I shall see,
That one strain of the song which the ransomed will sing
In that heavenly kingdom will be: [Refrain]

5. Ah, soul! are you here without comfort and rest,
Marching down the rough pathway of time?
Make Jesus your Friend ere the shadows grow dark;
O accept this sweet peace so sublime! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight
Title: Wonderful Peace (Cornell)
Author: Warren D. Cornell (1889)
Refrain First Line: Peace, peace, wonderful peace
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Cornell & Cooper wrote this song at a Methodist camp meeting near West Bend, Wisconsin: One day while seat­ed in the tent, Mr. Cor­nell, fol­low­ing a per­i­od of deep in­tro­spect­ion, wrote down the thoughts with which his mind had been bus­ied. They lat­er proved to be parts of this hymn, Won­der­ful Peace. Sink­ing again into in­tro­spect­ive rum­in­a­tion, he arose, un­wit­ting­ly dropped the writ­ten vers­es on the tent floor and went out. When Mr. Coop­er en­tered the tent an hour or two later he dis­cov­ered the pa­per. He was fas­cin­at­ed by the theme and the ac­com­pa­ny­ing vers­es. It so fit­ted his own think­ing that he filled in and com­plet­ed the po­em. Then sit­ting down at the or­gan he com­posed the mel­o­dy as it has since been sung. Sanville, p. 58
Tune Information
Name: [Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight]
Composer: Will­iam Gustin Coo­per
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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