Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs ‎#CCCXXII

CCCXXII. My Body given for You

1 Jesus, when faith with fixed eyes
Beholds thy wond'rous sacrifice,
Love rises to an ardent flame,
And we all other hope disclaim.

2 With cold affections who can see
The thorns, the scourge, the nails, the tree,
Thy flowing tears, and purple sweat,
Thy bleeding hands, and head, and feet?

3 Look, saints, into his op'ning side,
The breach how large, how deep, how wide!
Thence issues forth a double flood,
Of cleansing water, pard'ning blood.

4 Hence, O my soul, a balsam flows,
To heal thy wounds and cure thy woes;
Immortal joys come streaming down,
Joys, like his griefs, immense, unknown.

5 Thus I could sit, and ever sing,
The suff'rings of my heav'nly King;
With glowing pleasure spread abroad
The myst'ries of a dying God.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, when faith with fixed eyes
• Title: My Body given for You
• Author: Beddome
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  Luke 22:15-20
• Topic: Hymns, adapted to the Celebration of the Lord's Supper
• Notes: Public Domain.

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