Text: | Blessed Redeemer |
Author: | Avis B. Christiansen |
Tune: | [Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful morn] |
Composer: | Harry D. Loes |
1 Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful morn,
Walked Christ my Saviour, weary and worn;
Facing for sinners death on the cross,
That He might save them from endless loss.
Chorus:
Blessed Redeemer! precious Redeemer!
Seems now I see Him on Calvary's tree;
Wounded and bleeding, for sinners pleading—
Blind and unheeding— dying for me!
2 "Father, forgive them!" thus did He pray,
E'en while His lifeblood flowed fast away;
Praying for sinners while in such woe—
No one but Jesus ever loved so. (Chorus)
3 O how I love Him, Saviour and Friend,
How can my praises ever find end!
Thro' years unnumbered on heaven's shore,
My tongue shall praise Him forevermore. (Chorus)
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful morn |
Title: | Blessed Redeemer |
Author: | Avis B. Christiansen |
Refrain First Line: | Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1967 |
Topic: | Christ: Savior; Christ: Suffering; Praise: of Christ |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful morn] |
Composer: | Harry D. Loes |
Key: | c minor |