1 Drawn to the cross, which you have blessed
with healing gifts for souls distressed,
to find in you my life, my rest,
Christ crucified, I come.
2 How well you know my griefs and fears,
your grace abused, my misspent years;
so now to you with contrite tears,
Christ crucified, I come.
3 Wash me and take away each stain;
let nothing of my sin remain.
For cleansing through your cross and pain,
Christ crucified, I come.
4 To pledge my labor willingly,
which shall so sweet a service be
that angels well might envy me,
Christ crucified, I come.
Source: Christian Worship: Hymnal #808
First Line: | Drawn to the cross, which Thou hast blest (Irons) |
Title: | Drawn to the Cross |
Author: | Genevieve Mary Irons |
Language: | English |
Refrain First Line: | Christ crucified, I come |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Drawn to the Cross which Thou hast Blessed . [Good Friday.] A tender anonymous hymn in the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887, No. 268. (See p. 1574, i.)
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)