Society hymns, original and selected on evangelical and experimental subjects ‎#XXVI

XXVI. Behold the Man!

1 Ye that pass by, behold the Man!
The Man of grief, condemn'd for you,
The Lamb of God, for sinners slain,
Weeping, to Calvary pursue.

2 His sacred limbs they stretch, they tear,
With nails they fasten to the wood;
His sacred limbs, expos'd and bare,
Or only cover'd with his blood.

3 See there his temples crown'd with thorns,
His bleeding hands extended wide,
His streaming feet transfix'd and torn,
The fountain gushing from his side.

4 Thou dear, thou suff'ring Son of God,
How doth thy heart to sinners move!
Sprinkle on us thy precious blood,
And melt us with thy dying love!

5 The earth could to her centre quake,
Convuls'd when her Creator died;
O may our inmost nature shake,
And bow with Jesus crucified!

6 At thy last gasp, the graves display'd
Their horrors to the upper skies;
O that our souls might burst the shade,
And quicken'd by thy death, arise!

7 The rocks could feel thy powerful death,
And tremble, and asunder part;
O rend, with thy expiring breath,
The harder marble of our heart.

Text Information

• First Line: Ye that pass by, behold the Man!
• Title: Behold the Man!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790

Tune Information

(No tune information)