A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) ‎#763

763. Godly Sorrow

1 Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

2 Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine,
And bathed in its own blood;
While all exposed to wrath divine
The glorious Sufferer stood.

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

4 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When God, the mighty Maker, died
For man, the creature’s sin.

5 Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes in tears.

Text Information

• First Line: Alas! and did my Saviour bleed!
• Title: Godly Sorrow
• Author: Watts
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1844

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