8698. Yonder Amazing Sight I See

1 Yonder—amazing sight!—I see
Th’incarnate Son of God,
Expiring on the accursèd tree,
And weltering in His blood.

2 Behold a purple torrent run
Down from His hands and head:
The crimson tide puts out the sun;
His groans awake the dead.

3 The trembling earth, the darkened sky,
Proclaim the truth aloud;
And with th’amazed centurion cry,
"This is the Son of God."

4 So great, so vast a sacrifice,
May well my hope revive:
If God’s own Son thus bleeds and dies,
The sinner sure may live.

5 O that these cords of love divine,
Might draw me, Lord to Thee,
Thou hast my heart, it shall be Thine—
Thine it shall ever be!

Text Information
First Line: Yonder—amazing sight!—I see
Title: Yonder Amazing Sight I See
Author: Samuel Stennett
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: John Rippon's Collection, 1787
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BANGOR
Composer: William Tans'ur (1734)
Meter: CM
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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