O ’tis a glorious mystery,
’Tis a wonder, a wonder, a wonder;
That I should ever saved be
’Tis a wonder, a wonder, a wonder.
No heart can think or fully tell,
’Tis a wonder, a wonder;
My God has sav’d my soul from hell,
’Tis a wonder, a wonder, a wonder.
Two further stanzas of the text taken from Good Old Songs, No. 511, are:
Great mystery that God should place,