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Text:The two Looks
Author:John Newton
Tune:MANOAH
Composer:fr. Rossini

208. The two Looks

1 I saw One hanging on a tree,
In agony and blood;
Who fixed his languid eyes on me,
As near the cross I stood.

2 Sure, never, till my latest breath,
Can I forget that look:
It seemed to charge me with his death,
Though not a word he spoke.

3 Alas! I knew not what I did,--
But now my tears are vain;
Where shall my trembling soul be hid,
For I the Lord have slain!

4 A second look he gave, that said,
"I freely all forgive:
This blood is for thy ransom paid;
I did that thou may'st live."

5 Thus while his death my sin displays
In all its blackest hue,
Such is the mystery of grace,
It seals my pardon too!

Text Information
First Line: I saw One hanging on a tree
Title: The two Looks
Author: John Newton
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Topic: Christ: Agony of; Christ: Crucifixion of; Christ: Sufferings of
Tune Information
Name: MANOAH
Composer: fr. Rossini
Meter: C. M.
Key: A♭ Major



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