Tune: MARTYRDOM
Words: Isaac Watts, 1707
Music: Hugh Wilson, c. 1800
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VERSE 1:
Alas, and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sovereign die!
Would He devote that sacred head
For sinners such as I?
VERSE 2:
Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
VERSE 3:
Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut its glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died,
For man the creature’s sin.
VERSE 4:
Thus might I hide my blushing face
While Calvary's cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.
VERSE 5:
But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give myself away
’Tis all that I can do.
Alas, and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sovereign die!
Would He devote that sacred head
For sinners such as I?
VERSE 2:
Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
VERSE 3:
Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut its glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died,
For man the creature’s sin.
VERSE 4:
Thus might I hide my blushing face
While Calvary's cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.
VERSE 5:
But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give myself away
’Tis all that I can do.