Text: | Behold the Saviour on the cross |
Tune: | MARTYRDOM (FENWICK) |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824 |
1 Behold the Saviour on the cross,
a spectacle of woe!
See from his agonizing wounds
the blood incessant flow;
2 till death’s pale ensigns o’er his cheek
and trembling lips were spread;
till light forsook his closing eyes,
and life his drooping head!
3 ’Tis finish'd — was his latest voice;
these sacred accents o’er,
he bow'd his head, gave up the ghost,
and suffered pain no more.
4 ’Tis finish'd — The Messiah dies
for sins, but not his own;
the great redemption is complete,
and Satan’s pow’r o’erthrown.
5 ’Tis finish'd — All his groans are past;
his blood, his pain, and toils,
have fully vanquished our foes,
and crown'd him with their spoils.
6 ’Tis finish'd — Legal worship ends,
and gospel ages run;
all old things now are past away,
and a new world begun.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Behold the Saviour on the cross |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
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Tune Information | |
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Name: | MARTYRDOM (FENWICK) |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | A Major |