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Text: | At the Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Author (Chorus): | Ralph E. Hudson, 1843-1901 |
Tune: | [Alas! And did my Savior bleed?] |
Chorus: | Ralph E. Hudson, 1843-1901 |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Alas, and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Chorus:
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light,
And the burden of my heart rolled away -
It was there by faith I received my sight,
And now I am happy all the day!
2 Was it for crimes that I have done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity1 grace unknown!
And love beyond degree! [Chorus]
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut His glories in
When Christ, the mighty Maker died
For man the creature's sin. [Chorus]
4 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away -
'Tis all that I can do. [Chorus]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Alas! and did my Savior bleed? |
Title: | At the Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Author (Chorus): | Ralph E. Hudson, 1843-1901 |
Refrain First Line: | At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1970 |
Topic: | Faith; Passion and Cross |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Alas! And did my Savior bleed?] |
Chorus: | Ralph E. Hudson, 1843-1901 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
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Audio recording: | ![]() |