Text: | When I survey the wondrous cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | ROCKINGHAM (COMMUNION) |
Arranger: | Edward Miller, 1731-1807 |
Arranger (faux-bourdon): | Geoffrey Turton Shaw, 1879-1943 |
1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
save in the death of Christ, my God,
the very things that charm me most —
I sacrifice them to His blood.
3 See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down:
when did such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When I survey the wondrous cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Source: | Adapt: Compilers of Hymns for Today's Church, 1982 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ROCKINGHAM (COMMUNION) |
Arranger: | Edward Miller, 1731-1807 |
Arranger (faux-bourdon): | Geoffrey Turton Shaw, 1879-1943 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | "Turnbridge" from A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature, c. 1780; The Tenor Tune-Book |
Copyright: | © Faith Press |