TEXTS TUNES AUTHORS HYMNALS


Text information
Title:When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Author:Isaac Watts (1707)
Meter:8.8.8.8
Scripture:Matthew 27; Philippians 3:10; Romans 12:1; Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:7-8; Psalm 34:2; Galatians 6
Topic:Jesus Christ | Passion and Death; Blood of Christ; Commitment; Confession; Descants; Jesus Christ | Death; Jesus Christ | Passion
Language:English
First Line:When I survey the wondrous cross
Tune information
Title:HAMBURG
Composer:Lowell Mason (1824)
Composer (descant):Donald P. Hustad (1989)
Meter:8.8.8.8
Key:F Major
Source:based on plainsong
Copyright:Desc. © 1990 Hope Publishing Company
Full text
1 When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ my God! All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood. 3 See, from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e’er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.