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==Music files==
==Music files==
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* {{PostedDate|2021-01-09}} {{CPDLno|62322}} [[Media:AMNS_70_Herongate_Melody_Words.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:AMNS_70_Herongate_Melody.mxl|{{XML}}]][[Media:AMNS_70_Herongate_Melody.capx|{{Capx}}]]
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:'''Edition notes:'''  
:'''Edition notes:''' The hymn in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, melody with words.


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''It is a thing most wonderful''<br>
'''Title:''' ''It is a thing most wonderful''<br>
{{Composer|Anonymous}}
{{Composer|Anonymous}}
'''Tune:''' ''Herongate''<br>
{{Lyricist|William Walsham How}}
{{Lyricist|William Walsham How}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{Meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella or keyboard}}
{{Pub|1|}}
{{Pub|1|}}
{{Pub|2|1983|in ''[[Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard]]''|no=70}}


'''Description:'''  
'''Description:''' English traditional melody


'''External websites:''' https://embassysingers.de/scores/hymns.html
'''External websites:''' https://embassysingers.de/scores/hymns.html


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{Text|English|
It is a thing most wonderful,
almost too wonderful to be,
that God’s own Son should come from heaven,
and die to save a child like me.
 
And yet I know that it is true:
he chose a poor and humble lot,
and wept and toiled and mourned and died
for love of those who loved him not.
 
I cannot tell how he could love
a child so weak and full of sin;
his love must be most wonderful,
if he could die my love to win.
 
I sometimes think about the Cross,
and shut my eyes, and try to see
the cruel nails and crown of thorns,
and Jesus crucified for me.
 
But even could I see him die,
I could but see a little part
of that great love which, like a fire,
is always burning in his heart.
 
It is most wonderful to know
his love for me so free and sure;
but ’tis more wonderful to see
my love for him so faint and poor.
 
And yet I want to love thee, Lord;
O light the flame within my heart,
and I will love thee more and more,
until I see thee as thou art.
}}


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  • (Posted 2021-01-09)  CPDL #62323:      
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-01-09).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 54 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The hymn with four-part harmony and underlaid words in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard
  • (Posted 2021-01-09)  CPDL #62322:      
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-01-09).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 83 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, melody with words.

General Information

Title: It is a thing most wonderful
Composer: Anonymous
Tune: Herongate
Lyricist: William Walsham How

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard

First published:
    2nd published: 1983 in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard, no. 70

Description: English traditional melody

External websites: https://embassysingers.de/scores/hymns.html

Original text and translations

English.png English text

It is a thing most wonderful,
almost too wonderful to be,
that God’s own Son should come from heaven,
and die to save a child like me.

And yet I know that it is true:
he chose a poor and humble lot,
and wept and toiled and mourned and died
for love of those who loved him not.

I cannot tell how he could love
a child so weak and full of sin;
his love must be most wonderful,
if he could die my love to win.

I sometimes think about the Cross,
and shut my eyes, and try to see
the cruel nails and crown of thorns,
and Jesus crucified for me.

But even could I see him die,
I could but see a little part
of that great love which, like a fire,
is always burning in his heart.

It is most wonderful to know
his love for me so free and sure;
but ’tis more wonderful to see
my love for him so faint and poor.

And yet I want to love thee, Lord;
O light the flame within my heart,
and I will love thee more and more,
until I see thee as thou art.