Wondrous Love
For SATB Choir and Piano (but could be done on organ). An extrordinary setting of the Early American hymn tune found in William Walker's Southern Harmony. At the same time rustic with a hint of the Celtic influence that's prevalent in the hills of Appalachia, this piece is just right for anytime in Lent, but also on those Sundays when the focus in on God's deliverance and love. Carson doesn't often set these hymn tunes into anthem form, but when he does ...
What wondrous love is this,
O my soul! O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this
that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful 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.
to God and to the Lamb,
I will sing, I will sing.
to God and to the Lamb, I will sing.
to God and to the Lamb,
who is the great I AM,
while millions join the theme,
I will sing, I will sing.
While millions join the theme,
I will sing!