| Text: | When I Survey the Wondrous Cross |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Tune: | HAMBURG |
| Composer: | Lowell Mason |
| Composer (descant): | Donald P. Hustad |
1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the death of Christ my God;
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down.
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were a present far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | When I survey the wondrous cross |
| Title: | When I Survey the Wondrous Cross |
| Author: | Isaac Watts (1707) |
| Meter: | L.M. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
| Topic: | Blood of Christ; Commitment; Confession (3 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | HAMBURG |
| Composer: | Lowell Mason (1824) |
| Composer (descant): | Donald P. Hustad (1989) |
| Meter: | L.M. |
| Key: | F Major |
| Source: | based on plainsong |
| Copyright: | Desc. © 1990 Hope Publishing Company |