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Text:I Saw One Hanging on a Tree
Author:John Newton
Tune:CANBERRA
Composer:Edwin Othello Excell
Media:MIDI file

3043. I Saw One Hanging on a Tree

1. I saw One hanging on a tree,
In agony and blood,
Who fixed His languid eyes on me,
As near His cross I stood.

Refrain
O, can it be, upon a tree,
The Savior died for me?
My soul is thrilled, my heart is filled,
To think He died for me!

2. Sure, never to my latest breath,
Can I forget that look;
It seemed to charge me with His death,
Though not a word He spoke. [Refrain]

3. My conscience felt and owned the guilt,
And plunged me in despair,
I saw my sins His blood had spilt,
And helped to nail Him there. [Refrain]

4. A second look He gave, which said,
I freely all forgive;
This blood is for thy ransom paid;
I die that thou mayst live. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: I saw One hanging on a tree
Title: I Saw One Hanging on a Tree
Author: John Newton (1779)
Refrain First Line: O, can it be, upon a tree
Language: English
Source: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CANBERRA
Composer: Edwin Othello Excell (1917)
Incipit: 13332 21135 55431
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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