“Wondrous Love”

(Hymns of Eternal Love)

Volume 7

“Hymns of Eternal Love” not only commemorates our Saviour’s power over death, with songs such as, “Christ The Lord Has Risen Today” and “He Lives,” but it extols God’s great plan of salvation for all mankind, with songs that tell of the birth of a lowly babe in a manger.  “Christians Awake!” Salute The Happy Morn,” and “Lift Up, Lift Up Your Voices Now,” are those songs.  The latter has the same tune as, “I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day,” and is a lovely song with Easter words, yet reminding us of Christmas and the birth of Jesus who came to save the world from its sins.

That child born in a manger, “was born to die, that man might live”1 and the many hymns describing His cruel, despicable and humiliating death on a cross include ones with titles that begin, “At,” “Near,” “In,” “Down By,” and “Beneath” the cross of Jesus.  Besides these, the finest hymns ever written, “When I Survey The Wondrous Cross,” and “The Old Rugged Cross,” dwell upon the essence of our Christian faith.  The reality of Jesus’ death is vivid, for it was “on an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame,” that our Saviour died, “to pardon and sanctify me.”2

The humility and suffering of Jesus are remembered in hymns such as, “Ivory Palaces,” and “Jesus Paid It All.” 

Hymns related to communion services include, “Break Thou The Bread Of Life,” and “My God, And Is Thy Table Spread?” As Jesus broke bread and passed the cup at The Last Supper, He taught His disciples to “do this in remembrance of Me.”3  Thankfulness and praise to God, who allowed Himself to be vulnerable rather than powerful, so we could know Him, are proclaimed in such beautiful hymns as, “Grace, Greater Than Our Sin,” and “Blessed Redeemer.”

Certain hymns such as, “Lamb Of God,” and “Love Found A Way,” acknowledge Christ’s death as the Sacrifice for our sins, and His resurrection as a promise of new life.  One’s own commitment to a new and abundant life 4 which Jesus promised, is best expressed by, “How Deep The Father’s Love For Us,” and “Are Ye Able? Said The Master.”

Lyrics for the church piper to memorize with these “Hymns of Eternal Love” will enable correct inflection and phrasing with an instrument that can speak passionately and emotionally of God’s wondrous love.  The piper is able to unite with God and the audience with an invisible silken cord of spiritual communication, to make the moment very personal indeed.

References:

1.  “Hark, The Herald Angels Sing,” the hymn by Charles Wesley, 1707-1788

2. “The Old Rugged Cross,” the hymn by George Bennard, 1873-1958

3. Luke 22:19

4. John 10:10

“Wondrous Love,”

Volume 7

Alphabetical Index by Hymn Title

Abiding Love

According To Thy Gracious Word

Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed? (HUDSON)

Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed? (MARTYRDOM)

Alive, Alive

And Can It Be That I Should Gain?

“Are Ye Able?” Said The Master

Are You Washed In The Blood?

Arise, My Soul, Arise

At Calvary

At The Cross I’ll Abide

Baptized Into Our Saviour’s Death

Because He Lives

Beneath The Cross Of Jesus

Blessed Jesus Loves You Too

Blessed Redeemer

Blest Feast Of Love Divine

Born To Be Crucified

Break Thou The Bread Of Life

Burdens Are Lifted At Calvary

Calvary’s Stream Is Flowing

Christ Arose!

Christ The Lord Is Risen Today

Christians, Awake!

Come, Every Soul By Sin Oppressed

Down From His Glory

Grace, Greater Than Our Sin

Hallelujah! What A Saviour!

He Rose Triumphantly

Healing At The Fountain

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face To Face (LANGRAN)

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face To Face (MORECAMBE)

He’s The Saviour Of My Soul

Hosanna, Loud Hosanna

How Can It Be?

How Deep The Father’s Love For Us

I Gave My Life For Thee

I Know That My Redeemer Lives (DUKE STREET)

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (HANNAH)

I See A Crimson Stream

I Will Sing Of My Redeemer

I Will Sing The Wondrous Story

In The Cross Of Christ I Glory

“It Is Finished”

Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross

Jesus Paid It All

Lamb Of Glory

Lamb Of God

Lead Me To Calvary

Lift Up, Lift Up Your Voices Now

Look, Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glorious

Love Found A Way

My God, And Is Thy Table Spread? (OLD ROCKINGHAM)

My Hope Is In The Lord

My Life Must Be Christ’s Broken Bread

My Lord Has Garments So Wondrous Fine

Never Alone

Nothing But The Blood

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Once For All!

Redeemed (ADA)

Redeemed (KIRKPATRICK)

Saved By The Blood

Saved To The Uttermost

Saviour, Thy Dying Love

Saviour, Thy Dying Love  (lower setting)

Ten Thousand Angels

The Blood That Stained The Old Rugged Cross

The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power

The Healer

The Holy City

The Old Rugged Cross

The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference

The Precious Blood

The Stranger Of Galilee

There Is A Fountain

There Is A Green Hill Far Away

There Is A Redeemer

Thine Is The Glory

To God Be The Glory

Welcome, Happy Morning!

Were You There?

Were You There? (Alternative setting)

What Love

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross (HAMBURG)

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross (OLD ROCKINGHAM)

Why Do I Sing About Jesus?

Worship Christ The Risen King

Wounded For Me