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Text: | At the Cross (Hudson) |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Author (refrain): | R. E. H. |
Tune: | HUDSON |
Composer: | Ralph E. Hudson |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sov’reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For sinners such as I?
Refrain:
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 Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, Thine—
And bathed in its own blood—
While the firm mark of wrath divine,
His soul in anguish stood. [Refrain]
3 Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree! [Refrain]
4 Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died,
For man the creature’s sin. [Refrain]
5 Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears. [Refrain]
6 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. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Alas! and did my Savior bleed |
Title: | At the Cross (Hudson) |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1707) |
Author (refrain): | R. E. H. (1885) |
Refrain First Line: | At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6.12.10.10.9 |
Scripture: | |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/At_the_Cross_Hudson); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/a/l/alasand.htm) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HUDSON |
Composer: | Ralph E. Hudson (1885) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6.12.10.10.9 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/At_the_Cross_Hudson); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/a/l/alasand.htm) |
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