Search Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

[Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wendell P. Loveless Hymnal Title: Favorites Number 1 Used With Text: Oh, What Love!

Author: William M. Runyan Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Favorites Number 1 First Line: Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me Refrain First Line: O, what love, that He should die for me Lyrics: 1 Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me, Coming from His home on high, Into pain and sorrow, poverty and woe, On Calv’ry's cruel cross for me to die. Refrain: Oh, what love, that He should die for me! Saving grace thus to supply for me; Oh, what love! Oh, what love! Evermore I'll sing it-Oh, what love! 2 Not by works of righteousness which I had done, But thro' grace He set me free; I could not by merit ope redemption's door, Salvation was His own free gift to me. [Refrain] 3 Will He then not keep me all my journey thro'? Yea, unto life's latest hour. Never would I doubt Him, for His promise sure Is both for saving and for keeping pow’r. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Oh, What Love!

Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Favorites Number 1 #72 (1943) Hymnal Title: Favorites Number 1 First Line: Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me Refrain First Line: O, what love, that He should die for me Lyrics: 1 Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me, Coming from His home on high, Into pain and sorrow, poverty and woe, On Calv’ry's cruel cross for me to die. Refrain: Oh, what love, that He should die for me! Saving grace thus to supply for me; Oh, what love! Oh, what love! Evermore I'll sing it-Oh, what love! 2 Not by works of righteousness which I had done, But thro' grace He set me free; I could not by merit ope redemption's door, Salvation was His own free gift to me. [Refrain] 3 Will He then not keep me all my journey thro'? Yea, unto life's latest hour. Never would I doubt Him, for His promise sure Is both for saving and for keeping pow’r. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me]

Oh, What Love!

Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Radio Songs and Choruses of the Gospel No. 1 #9 (1934) Hymnal Title: Radio Songs and Choruses of the Gospel No. 1 First Line: Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me Refrain First Line: O, what love, that He should die for me Languages: English Tune Title: [Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me]

Oh, What Love!

Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Radio Songs and Choruses #8 (1951) Hymnal Title: Radio Songs and Choruses First Line: Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me Refrain First Line: O, what love, that He should die for me Languages: English Tune Title: [Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me]

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

William M. Runyan

1870 - 1957 Hymnal Title: Favorites Number 1 Author of "Oh, What Love!" in Favorites Number 1 Showing early musical promise, William Marion Runyan (b. Marion, NY, 1870; d. Pittsburg, KS, 1957) was a substitute church organist by the age of twelve. He became a Methodist minister in 1891 and served several churches in Kansas but turned to evangelism in 1903; he worked for the Central Methodist Conference for the next twenty years. Following that service, Runyan became pastor at the Federated Church at John Brown University, Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Editor of Christian Workers Magazine, he also served the Moody Bible Institute and was an editor for Hope Publishing Company until his retirement in 1948. Runyan wrote a number of hymn texts, gospel songs, and hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Wendell P. Loveless

1892 - 1987 Hymnal Title: Favorites Number 1 Composer of "[Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for me]" in Favorites Number 1 Rv Wendell Phillips Loveless USA 1892-1987, Born in Wheaton, IL, he first engaged in business in Chicago. In 1914 he became a member of an entertainment group that toured the U.S. on the Chatauqua circuit. Spending six years with the group he learned voice, piano, dramatics, and MC duties, later managing the group. He later used these talents in Christian ministry. In 1917 he married Velma Stone, and they had three children: Robert, David, and Wendell Jr. He was a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps during WWI. He was converted through reading the Bible at home. He joined the Moody Bible Institute (MBI) in 1926, first as business manager of the extension department. He later became director of the Moody Bible Institute radio station WMBI in Chicago from 1926-1947. He then became an itinerant Bible teacher. He later pastored the Wheaton Evangelical Free Church, Community Church in Boca Raton, FL, and First Chinese Church of Christ in Honolulu, HI, continuing his radio ministry in the last two locations (also managing station KAIM Honolulu). In 1960 he assigned all his copyrights to Hope Publishing Company. He wrote popular songs and choruses, many found in hymnals published by Hope, and some translated into other languages. He authored several books: “Glimpses of Christ n Psalm IX” (1937); “Sunrise meditations” (1940); “New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #3” (1940); New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #4” (1942); “Little talks on great words” (1942?); “Christ and the believer in the Song of Songs” (1945); “Plain talks on practical truths” (1945); “New sunrise meditations” (1945); “Manual of gospel broadcasting” (1946); “Plain talks on Romans” (1946); “New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #5” (1946). He died in Honolulu, HI. He was an author, compiler, performer, editor, narrator, composer, actor, and writer. John Perry