Timeless Truths ‎#716

716. Christ Our Sacrifice

1 Down from the portals of glory
A King in His majesty came,
Humbled Himself as a servant,
To bear our transgressions and shame;
He was despised and rejected,
Hated by those He would save,
Yet He so loved guilty sinners,
That freely His life-blood He gave.

Refrain:
Look at Him dying,
Bleeding for thee;
Though thou hast slighted Him often,
Still, sinner, He’s pleading for thee.

2 Down in Gethsemane’s garden,
Behold Him in agony there,
Guilt of the world laid upon Him,
To Calvary’s summit to bear;
Yet there is none that can help Him—
Must He thus suffer alone,
Innocent stand for the guilty,
And die for their sins to atone? [Refrain]

3 See Him led forth as a captive,
His presence the multitude scorns;
See them array Him in purple,
And cruelly crown Him with thorns,
Lead Him outside of the city,
Nail Him on Calvary’s tree;
Look on Him there, guilty sinner,
He’s bleeding and dying for thee. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Down from the portals of glory
• Title: Christ Our Sacrifice
• Author: Charles W. Naylor (1911)
• Refrain First Line: Look at Him dying
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.7.8.8.5.4.8.8
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 5:7
• Topic: Jesus/Savior
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Christ_Our_Sacrifice); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (421); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (215)

Tune Information

• Name: [Down from the portals of glory]
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1911)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.7.8.8.5.4.8.8
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Christ_Our_Sacrifice); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (421); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (215)