The Power of the Cross
Words & Music: Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
(What Wondrous Love Is This)
Words: Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1811
Music: Southern Harmony, 2nd ed., 1840
(What Wondrous Love Is This - Verse 1)
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.
(What Wondrous Love Is This - Verse 2)
When I was sinking down,
sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down, O my soul!
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.
Verse 1
Oh, to see the dawn of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten, then
nailed to a cross of wood.
Verse 2
Oh, to see the pain written on Your face,
bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev'ry bitter thought, ev'ry evil deed
crowning Tour bloodstained brow.
Chorus 1
This the pow'r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us.
Took the blame, bore the wrath;
we stand forgiven at the cross!
Verse 3
Now the daylight flees; now the ground beneath
quakes as its Maker bows his head.
Curtain torn in two; dead are raised to life;
"Finished!" the vict'ry cry.
Chorus 2
This the pow'r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us.
Took the blame, bore the wrath;
we stand forgiven at the cross!
Verse 4
Oh, to see my name written in the wounds,
for through Your suff'ring I am free!
Death is crushed to death; life is mine to live,
won through Your selfless love!
Chorus 2
This the pow'r of the cross:
Son of God, slain for us.
What a love, what a cost—
we stand forgiven at the cross!
(What Wondrous Love Is This - Verse 3)
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.
(What Wondrous Love Is This - Verse 4)
And when from death I'm free,
I'll sing on, I'll sing on,
and when from death I'm free, I'll sing on.
And when from death I'm free,
I'll sing and joyful be;
and through eternity,
I'll sing on, I'll sing on,
and through eternity, I'll sing on.
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