The Word of the Lord endureth forever.
1 Peter 1:25
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Gospel Hymns No. 5, by Ira Sankey et al. (Cincinnati, Ohio: John Church, 1887), number 79. Some hymnals give the author as J. L. Sterling, one of Fanny’s pseudonyms.
Music: Montréal Ira D. Sankey (🔊 pdf nwc).
Oh, wonderful, wonderful
Word of the Lord!
True wisdom its pages unfold;
And though we may read them
A thousand times o’er,
They never, no never, grow old!
Each line hath a treasure,
Each promise a pearl,
That all if they will may secure;
And we know that when time
And the world pass away,
God’s Word shall forever endure.
Oh, wonderful, wonderful
Word of the Lord!
The lamp that our Father above
So kindly has lighted
To teach us the way
That leads to the arms of His love!
Its warnings, its counsels,
Are faithful and just;
Its judgments are perfect and pure;
And we know that when time
And the world pass away,
God’s Word shall forever endure.
Oh, wonderful, wonderful
Word of the Lord!
Our only salvation is there;
It carries conviction
Down deep in the heart,
And shows us ourselves as we are.
It tells of a Savior,
And points to the cross,
Where pardon we now may secure;
For we know that when time
And the world pass away,
God’s Word shall forever endure.
Oh, wonderful, wonderful
Word of the Lord!
The hope of our friends in the past;
Its truth, where so firmly
They anchored their trust,
Through ages eternal shall last.
Oh, wonderful, wonderful
Word of the Lord!
Unchanging, abiding and sure;
For we know that when time
And the world pass away,
God’s Word shall forever endure.