Christ — Sufferings and Death

Wonder of the countless spheres

No. 333
Metre 7s.
Tune PLEYEL.
Words F. E. Belden.
Music Ignace Pleyel.
Key G major
Time 2/4
5 stanzas

Words

Wonder of the countless spheres!See the Son of God in tears!He by whom the worlds were made,He on whom our sins were laid.

See him bear the cross of shame;Hear the world revile his name:Lo! he dies that we may live,—All who on his name believe.

In the tomb behold him laidWhom the universe obeyed;See him rise, ascend to God,There to plead his precious blood.

Now he stands before the throne,Pleading for his loved, his own:"Father, I my life-blood gaveThese to ransom, these to save."

"If I go I'll come again,"Preach this gospel to all men;Now redemption's work goes on,Then redemption's work is done.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «CHRIST—SUFFERINGS AND DEATH.»; hymn number «333» (large), tune name «PLEYEL. 7s.» centred over the music (capitals and small capitals), «IGNACE PLEYEL.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, on one line under the single system, with «1.» before «Wonder»; «Wonder» and «countless» are printed as whole words under two notes each. Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text below the music (2–3 in the left column under the reference line «531, 563, 457.» in italics = may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 531, 563 or 457; 4–5 in the right column), numbers without a period. «F. E. Belden.» in italics after stanza 5. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» and «:» («tears !», «shame ;», «own :») and inside the quotation marks, and a thin space after the apostrophe of «I'll» («I' ll»); they are closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are not indented in the print.