Worship for April 2024: “What Raised The Wondrous Thought?” (George V. Wigram)

April 2024 — Grace & Truth Magazine

What Raised The Wondrous Thought? >What raised the wondrous thought,Or who did it suggest,That we, the Church, to glory brought,Should with the Son be blest? >O God! the thought was Thine,(Thine only it could be),Fruit of the wisdom, love divine,Peculiar unto Thee: >For, sure, no other mind,For thoughts so bold, so free,Greatness or strength, could ever find;Thine only it could be. >The motives, too, Thine own,The plan, the counsel, Thine!Made for Thy Son, bone of His bone,In glory bright to shine. >O God, with great delightThy wondrous thought we see,Upon His throne, in glory brightThe bride of Christ shall be. >Sealed with the Holy Ghost,We triumph in that love,Thy wondrous thought has made our boast,Glory with Christ above.

—George V. Wigram (1805–1879)