194 | Trinity Hymnal#195 | 196 |
Text: | Alas! and did my Saviour bleed |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | MARTYRDOM |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson |
Harmonizer: | Robert A. Smith |
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 mine eyes in 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Alas! and did my Saviour bleed |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1707, alt.) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: Atoning work of; Christ: Death of(5 more...) |
Notes: | St. 3, line 3; St. 4, line 4, alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MARTYRDOM |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson (c. 1800) |
Harmonizer: | Robert A. Smith (1825) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | G Major |