What Wonderful Words Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sing them over again to me

"Sing Them Over Again to Me" is the alternate title of "What Wonderful Words of Life" as it is the first line of the hymn. Often hymns are titled after their first line, such as "Amazing Grace."

Answer: Wonderful words of life

Interestingly, Philip P. Bliss titled his hymn after the last line. He made sure that everyone remembered the wonderful words of life, repeating it many times and ending the hymn with the same phrase.

Answer: Wonderful words

The phrase "wonderful words" appeared ten times in the whole hymn (you needed to sing it eighteen times though). If you add "of life" after that phrase, you'll need to sing "wonderful words of life" twelve times, even though they only appear eight times because of the chorus.

Answer: Philip P. Bliss

Many hymn writers only wrote the words with someone else composing the music, such as Fanny Crosby. It's not easy to write both beautiful poetry and music!

Answer: 1874

Philip P. Bliss published "Wonderful Words of Life" in the first issue of a magazine called "Words of Life," ran by Fleming H. Revell. Fleming H. Revell was the brother-in-law of famous revivalist D. L. Moody.

Answer: Beautiful words

The chorus starts with "beautiful words" and ends with "wonderful words." In fact, the chorus just repeats "beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life" twice!

Answer: Send a gleam across the wave

"Send a gleam across the wave" is from the hymn "Let Your Lower Lights be Burning" also by Philip P. Bliss, another of his famous evangelical songs. He is also known for writing the tune of "It is Well with My Soul" by Horatio Spafford.

Answer: Blessed

The second verse of the hymn goes like this:
"Christ, the blessed One, gives to all
Wonderful words of life;
Sinner, list to the loving call,
Wonderful words of life;
All so freely given,
Wooing us to heaven."

Answer: 36

Born on the 9th of July, 1838, Philip P. Bliss died in 1876, at the young age of 38, roughly two years after he published this hymn. Along with his wife, he died in a horrendous train crash, a few days away from the New Year.

Answer: The Gospel or The Bible

Some say that John 6:67-68 inspired this hymn. Indeed, Jesus has words of eternal life!