Revival Hymns and Choruses ‎#194

194. Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?

1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm such as I?

2 Was it for crimes that I have done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

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.

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.

Text Information

• First Line: Alas! and did my Savior bleed?
• Title: Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1970
• Topic: Passion and Cross

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM
• Composer: Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824
• Key: G Major