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His Wonderful Love

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 11, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 24.

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His Wonderful Love

By Phillis Lee

PHILLIS LEE
Wonderful love, all love excelling, Love that would stoop to one like me, Leaving yon glorious, heavenly dwelling, Seeking for sinners! Ah, how could it be! In infinite mercy the Father offered Heaven's choicest treasure, his only Son; Freely to me the gift was proffered — Strange that I was not sooner won.
Strange that I lived for worldly pleasure, Holding the gift in light esteem; Striving for vain and worldly treasure, Drifting along as in a dream; And yet for me the thorns were worn, For me the pain of the nail-pierced hands, The shame and the suffering meekly borne, Meeting for me the law's demands.
Love without measure, love unbounded, That He should hear my faintest call; He by whose word the worlds were founded, Who by his power upholdeth all. That wonderful love that knows no measure, Extends to a sinful, fallen race The priceless gift of eternal treasure, Life everlasting through his grace.
O heart of love that would not falter, Giving up all for one like me, Help me to place upon the altar All that I am, in service free. Help me with willing heart to render All that I have—the gift how small! Lord, I would make complete surrender; Be thou from hence my life, my all!