Marvelous grace of our loving Lord

Marvelous grace of our loving Lord. Julia H. Johnston* (1849-1919). This hymn is sometimes (as in the Companion to UMH) known as ‘Greater than our sin’ (the refrain begins ‘Grace, grace, God’s grace/ Marvelous grace, infinite grace’, the second line sung by the basses and altos under the melody): Grace, grace, God’s grace,Grace that will pardon and cleanse within; Grace, grace, God’s grace,Grace that is greater than all our sin! The hymn was written ca. 1910, and is based on Romans 5: 20b: ‘But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.’ Its four stanzas were first published in Hymns Tried and True (Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1911), edited by Daniel B. Towner*: Marvelous...