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Text: | When I Survey the Wondrous Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | ROCKINGHAM |
Adapter: | Edward Miller, 1735-1807 |
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.
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First Line: | When I survey the wondrous cross |
Title: | When I Survey the Wondrous Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2011 |
Topic: | Good Friday |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ROCKINGHAM |
Adapter: | Edward Miller, 1735-1807 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |
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