Text: | At the Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Author (refrain): | Ralph E. Hudson |
Tune: | [Alas! And did my Savior bleed] |
Composer: | Ralph E. Hudson |
1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
and did my Sov’reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
for sinners such as I?
Refrain:
At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away;
it was there by faith I received my sight,
and now I am happy all the day.
2 Was it for crimes that I have done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree! (refrain)
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
and shut its glories in;
when God, the mighty maker,
died for His own creature’s sin. (refrain)
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
while His dear cross appears;
dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
and melt mine eyes to tears. (refrain)
5 But drops of tears can ne’er repay
the debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away;
’tis all that I can do. (refrain)
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Alas! And did my Savior bleed |
Title: | At the Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1707) |
Author (refrain): | Ralph E. Hudson (1885) |
Refrain First Line: | At the cross, at the cross |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Lent and Holy Week |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Alas! And did my Savior bleed] |
Composer: | Ralph E. Hudson (1885) |
Key: | E♭ Major |