Text: | Alas! And did my Saviour Bleed? |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | MARTYRDOM |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson, 1764-1824 |
1 Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
2 Was it for crimes that I had done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When Christ the mighty Maker died
For man, the creature's sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While His dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.
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.
Amen.
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First Line: | Alas! And did my Saviour bleed? |
Title: | Alas! And did my Saviour Bleed? |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (1707 Abridged) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1901 |
Topic: | Lent |
Notes: | First Tune |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MARTYRDOM |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson, 1764-1824 |
Meter: | C. M. |