Text: | When I Survey the Wondrous Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | SENZENINA |
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 through 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 an off’ring 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 |
Meter: | LM |
Publication Date: | 2020 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Blood of Christ; Commitment; Jesus Christ: Death of |
Source: | Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SENZENINA |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | South African, Zimbabwean traditional |