Wonderful mercy that sought us,
Wand’ring afar in the night;
Precious the Savior who brought us
Into his marvelous light
Singing love’s beautiful story,
Echo the heav’nly refrain:
Blessing and honor and glory
Be to the Lamb that was slain.
Saved to the glory of Jesus,
Saved by the pow’r of his might!
Brought from the kingdom of darkness
Into his marvelous, marvelous light!
Out from the sin and its sorrow,
Into the life pure and free;
Waiting the glorious morrow,
When our Redeemer we’ll see
Saved to the glory of Jesus,
Saved by the pow’r of his might!
Brought from the kingdom of darkness
Into his marvelous, marvelous light!
Soon we shall meet at the river,
There in sweet songs we’ll unite;
Jesus will bring us forever
Into his marvelous light.
Saved to the glory of Jesus,
Saved by the pow’r of his might!
Brought from the kingdom of darkness
Into his marvelous, marvelous light!
Jameson Bratcher, keys; Jim Richards, percussion and vocals; Jonathan Olson, engineer; Luke Morton, guitar and vocals; Terry Van Wechel, bass and vocals.
Words: Eliza E. Hewitt, 1851 - 1920. Music: Luke Morton, 2019.
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. - Hymnary.org
