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| Text: | Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed? |
| Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
| Tune: | MARTYRDOM |
| Composer: | Hugh Wilson |
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 have 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 to 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 | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Alas! and did my Saviour bleed? |
| Title: | Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed? |
| Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
| Meter: | C M |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Topic: | Christ's Passion |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MARTYRDOM |
| Composer: | Hugh Wilson (c 1824) |
| Meter: | C M |
| Key: | A Major |
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