Text: | Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | MARTYRDOM |
Arranger: | Robert A. Smith, 1780-1829 |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson, 1726-1824 |
1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
and did my Sovereign die!
Would he devote that sacred head
for such a worm as I!
2 Was it for crimes that I had 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 Thus might I hide my blushing face
while his dear cross appears;
dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
and melt mine eyes in tears.
5 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.
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First Line: | Alas! and did my Savior bleed |
Title: | Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1707; Alt. 1961) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: His Death; Christ: Deity of; Christ: Love and Grace of(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MARTYRDOM |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson, 1726-1824 (ca. 1800) |
Arranger: | Robert A. Smith, 1780-1829 (1825) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | G Major |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |