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Text:Song of Sacrifice (Peterborough)
Tune:PETERBOROUGH
Arranger:C. A. Roberts
Composer:Ralph Harrison

237. Song of Sacrifice (Peterborough)

1 Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

2 Why did He drink the bitter cup
Of sorrow, pain and woe?
Why on the cross be lifted up?
Because He loved me so!

Text Information
First Line: Was it for crimes that I had done
Title: Song of Sacrifice (Peterborough)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Notes: COMPOSITE HYMN: Author credited as "various authors." Stanza 1 is stanza 2 of Alas, and did my savior bleed? by Isaac Watts. Stanza 2 is stanza 2 of Why did my Savior come to earth by J. G. Dailey.
Tune Information
Name: PETERBOROUGH
Composer: Ralph Harrison (1791)
Arranger: C. A. Roberts
Meter: CM
Key: F Major
Copyright: Arr. © 2011 C. A. Roberts



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