| 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 |
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| Topic: | Jesus Christ: His Death; Christ: Deity of; Christ: Love and Grace of (2 more...) |
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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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