4365. My Sins Laid Open to the Rod

1. My sins laid open to the rod,
The back which from the law was free;
And the eternal Son of God
Received the stripes once due to me.

2. No beam was in His eye, nor mote,
Nor laid to Him was any blame;
And yet His cheeks for me were smote—
The cheeks that never blushed for shame.

3. I pierced those sacred hands and feet
That never touched or walked in sin;
I broke the heart that only beat
The souls of sinful men to win.

4. That sponge of vinegar and gall
Was placed by me upon His tongue;
And when derision mocked His call,
I stood that mocking crowd among.

5. And yet His blood was shed for me,
To be of sin the double cure;
And balm there flows from Calvary’s tree
That heals my guilt and makes me pure.

Text Information
First Line: My sins laid open to the rod
Title: My Sins Laid Open to the Rod
Author: James M. Gray, 1851-1935
Meter: LM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: FEDERAL STREET
Composer: Henry Kemble Oliver (1832)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 33343 55434 44334
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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