Text: | Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | MARTYRDOM |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824 |
1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
And did my sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For sinners such as I?
2 Was it for sins 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Alas! and did my Savior bleed |
Title: | Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2011 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Suffering and Death; Consecration; Jesus: Passion(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MARTYRDOM |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Notes: | Higher key (Ab), No. 273 |