From the tribunal of thy cross,
Satan and sin Thou dost condemn,
But vindicate thy people’s cause,
And merit saving grace for them:
Thy cross to us a gracious throne
The instrument of good we find,
The source of every blessing own
And life procur’d for all mankind.
From the tribunal of Thy cross
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘This he said, signifying what death he should die.’—[John 12,] v. 33." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 493.
Publishing: Public Domain