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![]() | There was One who was willing to die in my stead (Breck)Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck (1899)Tune: KAMPALA Published in 61 hymnals Printable scores: SibeliusAudio files: MIDI |
1 There was One Who was willing to die in my stead,
That a soul so unworthy might live;
And the path to the cross He was willing to tread,
All the sins of my life to forgive.
Refrain:
They are nailed to the cross! They are nailed to the cross!
Oh, how much He was willing to bear!
With what anguish and loss Jesus went to the cross,
But He carried my sins with Him there.
2 He is tender and loving and patient with me,
While He cleanses my heart of the dross;
But “there’s no condemnation”—I know I am free,
For my sins are all nailed to the cross. [Refrain]
3 I will cling to my Savior and never depart,
I will joyfully journey each day,
With a song on my lips and a song in my heart,
That my sins have been taken away. [Refrain]
Timeless Truths
Mrs. Frank A. Breck has written fourteen or fifteen hundred hymns, and one of the best loved is:
“Face to face with Christ my Saviour,
Face to face—what will it be,
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ who died for me?”
Brought up by God-fearing parents, she cannot remember when Bible reading and prayer were not her daily home custom. From the days of her youth Carrie E. Breck wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications. For a number of years after her marriage, in 1884, family duties superseded those literary, and only on rare occasions did she encourage the muse. Her first published hymn was “You ought to do something for Jesus.” Writing of this memorable occasion, when new desires for this pa… Go to person page >| First Line: | There was One who was willing to die in my stead (Breck) |
| Title: | Nailed to the cross |
| Author: | Mrs. Frank A. Breck (1899) |
| Meter: | 12.9.12.9 with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | They are nailed to the cross |
| Tune Title | First Line | Instances (1) | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [There was One who was willing to die in my stead] | There was One who was willing to die in my stead | Hymns of Faith #236 | Nailed to the Cross | They are nailed to the cross | Carrie E. Breck | Grant Colfax Tullar | Romans 8:1; Colossians 2:14; Hebrews 12:2 | E Flat Major | 1980 |
