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Verse 1
Alas! and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sovereign die? (Matt. 27:50, Mark 15:37, Luke 23:46, John 19:30)
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I? (Rom. 5:8, Job 25:6)
Verse 2
Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, Thine, (Heb. 10:10, I Pet. 2:24)
And bathed in its own blood, (John 19:34)
While all exposed to wrath divine, (Rom. 5:9)
The glorious Sufferer stood!
Verse 3
Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree? (I Pet. 2:24, Acts 5:30, Isa. 53:6, Gal. 3:13, Acts 10:39)
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree! (Eph. 3:19)
Verse 4
Well might the sun in darkness hide (Matt. 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44-45)
And shut his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died, (John 1:3, Col. 1:16)
For man the creature’s sin.
Verse 5
Thus might I hide my blushing face (Ezra 9:6)
While His dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears. (Luke 23:48, Zech. 12:10)
Verse 6
But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give my self away (Rom. 12:1, II Cor. 5:14-15, II Cor. 8:5)
’Tis all that I can do.