8697 | The Cyber Hymnal#8698 | 8699 |
Text: | Yonder Amazing Sight I See |
Author: | Samuel Stennett |
Tune: | BANGOR |
Composer: | William Tans'ur |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Yonder—amazing sight!—I see
Th’incarnate Son of God,
Expiring on the accursèd tree,
And weltering in His blood.
2 Behold a purple torrent run
Down from His hands and head:
The crimson tide puts out the sun;
His groans awake the dead.
3 The trembling earth, the darkened sky,
Proclaim the truth aloud;
And with th’amazed centurion cry,
"This is the Son of God."
4 So great, so vast a sacrifice,
May well my hope revive:
If God’s own Son thus bleeds and dies,
The sinner sure may live.
5 O that these cords of love divine,
Might draw me, Lord to Thee,
Thou hast my heart, it shall be Thine—
Thine it shall ever be!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Yonder—amazing sight!—I see |
Title: | Yonder Amazing Sight I See |
Author: | Samuel Stennett |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | John Rippon's Collection, 1787 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BANGOR |
Composer: | William Tans'ur (1734) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |