Sing the wondrous love of Jesus
Sing the wondrous love of Jesus. Eliza E. Hewitt* (1851-1920).
First published in Pentecostal Praises (1898). It is frequently known by the first line of the refrain, ‘When we all get to heaven’ (See Companion to UMH, 1993, p. 699):
When we all get to heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be!When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory!
It should be remembered that the hymn came out of the post-Civil War camp meeting tradition which the author and tune-writer experienced at Ocean Grove, New Jersey (see ‘More about Jesus would I know’*). Carlton R. Young* has described this as follows:
At Ocean Grove the author and composer viscerally, visually, and audibly experienced...
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