The Son of Man came…to give His life a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45
Words: Emmanuel Rolfe, in The Musical Salvationist, 1894. Rolfe wrote this song while working for the Salvation Army in Jamaica.
Music: Wonderful Love (Bainbridge) Thomas Bainbridge (?–1932) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Bainbridge (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one or Rolfe,
Jesus came down my ransom to be;
O it was wonderful love!
For out of the Father’s heart He came,
To die me for me on a cross of shame,
And from sin’s bondage to reclaim;
O it was wonderful love!
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Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful love,
Coming to me from Heaven above,
Filling me, thrilling me through and through;
O it was wonderful love!
Clear to faith’s vision the cross reveals
Beautiful actions of love;
And all that by grace e’en I may be
When saved, to serve Him eternally.
He came, He died, for you and me;
O it was wonderful love!
Refrain
His death’s a claim, His love has a plea;
O it is wonderful love!
Ungrateful was I to slight Thy call,
But, Lord, now I come, before Thee fall,
I give myself, I give up all,
All for Thy wonderful love.
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