Wonderful be­yond all tell­ing
Is the love the Fa­ther bears,
Every hu­man love ex­cel­ling,
T’ward the crea­tures of His care.
Have I heard aright the sto­ry,
Of the pre­cious gift He gave?
How He sent His Son from glo­ry,
Our poor dy­ing souls to save?

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Children of the King are we,
Royalty pos­sess­ing,
Bonds are brok­en, we are free,
With His choic­est bless­ing.

All the years since the cre­ation
Have been guid­ed by His love;
Every tribe and ev­ery na­tion
Owes its strength to God above;
But the love which gave us Je­sus
Was the crown­ing love di­vine;
Gilds our work with a new glo­ry,
Makes the Chris­tian life to shine.

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Thoughts of mer­cy had He for us,
Ere we drew our earth­ly breath;
Mercy still will be about us,
When we close our eyes in death;
Let us give Him, then, for­ev­er,
Praise from young hearts all aglow,
Love our God, and love each oth­er,
For He loved us first, you know.

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